It seems now that abcm2ps now also supports the "!" kludge, so this could be a good starting point for the ABC parser library.
Quoting from the abcm2ps change log: ---- Version 3.6.4 - 03/07/06 ---- Accept '!' as new line inside a music line (thanks to John Chambers). Groeten, Irwin Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~* Chazzanut Online: http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html