Laurie wrote:
>Right - programs should accept the widest choice but generate
>standard ABC.
>BUT
>Think about Barfly. It doesn't generate at all.
>If it accepts mangled syntax then it encourages and legitimises
>such mangling If it refuses to, then it is "broken" - so it
>needs careful thought. And any other "input only" ABC program
>(e.g. one that just converts to tadpoles, or one that just
>plays) it has the same characteristic.
>I don't know what the answer is.
Just a little earlier in this thread, it occurred to me that what
I would like to see in BarFly is a "Save as standard abc" menu
command. A text file would be saved (and displayed) that preserves
as much of the active file as possible without using any features
not found in the current standard. V: lines and whatever else
would either be stripped or "commented out" (%). What would remain
would be readable by any program that adhered to the standard, and
would therefore be suitable for posting publicly.
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