>> According to the BNF definition >> http://www.norbeck.nu/abc/abcbnfx.htm >> The bang is NOT a line terminator
Which was a booboo on the part of whoever let that through. Supporting the existing corpus of tunes is *alone* more important than allowing an inessential idiosyncratic extension in one application. > I don't understand what you are saying at all. > According to a previous writer, > abc abc|!bcd bcd| > is equivalent to > abc abc| > bcd bcd| > IOW the ! simulates a line break. It does in ABC2WIN, but as far as I know it doesn't yet in any other application. Which is a pain in the bum because it's a really good idea and far more useful in the long term than the !...! constructs. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files, and my CD-ROM "Embro, Embro". ------> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "abc" at this site, please <------ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
