On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 09:57:35AM +0200, Guido Gonzato wrote:
> the FAQ should be updated. In actual fact, many ABC applications support
> dynamics; abcm2ps, jaabc2ps, abc2midi, to name but a few. Please check out
> the ABC draft, http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/abc-draft.txt
I'll take this time to announce that I am working on a "libabc" that
eventually will handle abc file parsing so that development of new abc
applications is easier.
> I can't help you here. It looks like most ABC programmers add their own
> extensions to ABC to make it suitable for classical music or else, so adding
> decos for jazz would be just fine. (IMHO.) It breaks the standard, though.
I'd also like to announce that I will be making the following amendments
to the standard in libabc:
& and && operators:
The & operator will be used for splits into 2 voices in a single
measure, thus:
|F2A2Bc&F2c2bc|
The && operator will support direct overlay of two lines of music,
similar to the & operator, but without forcing stem direction.
(&...&...) and (&&...&&...) operators:
These are similar to the & and && operators, but operate on multiple
measures of music, thus:
|!f!(&GG<G|GG F=E| E2 E(_D/E)|_D D C D |C4- |C
&DC<C|CC_D C|=B,2_B,B, |_A,A,(G,/A,/)B,|F,4-|F,)zzD=E|
(For &&, this can be extended to N lines, e.g.
(&&...&&...&&...&&...))
.- and -- operators:
Dotted and dashed ties (not sure about these two)
.(...) operator:
Dotted slurs (not sure about this one)
If anyone thinks that these should be something else, please tell me!
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