In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jack Campin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>> would allow people to go beyond the standard in a way in which other >>> apps could ignore. (Or pick up.) The rule would simply have to be >>> that if such elements are omitted, the remaining music has to obey >>> the standard and make sense. >> For this kind of in-line stuff, maybe you could use the established !! >> notation: !appname:info! > >Far from being established, this is peculiar to abcm2ps
It's in the new standard 1.6 > and will >completely screw up ABC2WIN (which uses ! as a line terminator). >I think what it will do is generate an interpolated line with the >contents of "appname:info" interpreted as ABC notes, insofar as >the program can manage to do so. Strikes me that it's abc2win which is up the gum tree for this one. And I find very strange stuff in abc2win: a) +..+ for chords b) the writing of grace notes as 1/16th notes rather than 1/8th as below c) doesn't allow change of metre/key in the middle Here's the sample.abc which is enclosed with abc2win: X:1 T:Sample ABC file (F,G,A,B,)|CDEFGAB|cdefgab|c'd'e'f'g'|z8| A>BA>c c2>B2| K:Amin M:6/8 ||1"G"~G3 BAG:|24ABcd +G2d2+|| (3{a}g{a}f{a}e (3gfe g| |{EFEDE} +EA+ +de++egb++dfb+|"Am"AB cd| || || |~G3 G/4A/8B/2|ABA ABd| veudud vgudud|"G"GAG "A"GAB| |]1AG_E G2-D:|]2AGF ~+E3A3+ AA:|3A3Bc3A:|4adae z2| L:1/16 (7cdefgab|| The 2 first lines are not drawn, and the {EFEFDE} are drawn as 1/16th notes in spite of the {a} in the previous line being 8th notes. Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html