[abcusers] abcm2ps-3.7.x and RoPS

2004-12-17 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
Hi everybody, John Walsh warned me about a problem when using the free version of RoPS (PostScript level 1 only) with stable releases of abcm2ps (3.7.xx). Here is how to make it work: - create a file (say 'ps1.abc') containing: %%postscript /rectstroke{ %%postscript4 2 roll M 1

[abcusers] abcm2ps-3.7.20

2004-12-16 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
Hi, I have put SpareMiNT RPM packages from abcm2ps-3.7.20 (last stable release) for Atari FreeMiNT here: http://www.home.zonnet.nl/m.tarenskeen/download/mint/ An abc syntax highlight file (abc.syn) for the Atari editor QED can also be downloaded from this location. The newer abcm2ps-4.x

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-03-08 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:40:10 +0100, Rickard Blixt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Hello Rickard, I use abcm2ps version 3.7.5, but I can't get the functions !repeatbar! and !repeatbar2! to work. [snip] It never worked. Instead, repeat measures are defined by one or two slashes between

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps 3.7.18

2004-03-07 Thread Jon Freeman
From: Rickard Blixt Is there any place where I can download a ready-to-use abcm2ps 3.7.18 package? Try http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/#abcm2ps%20binaries Jon To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-03-06 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
Op vr 05-03-2004, om 17:40 schreef Rickard Blixt: Is there a newer version of abcm2ps than 3.7.5? If so: Where and how do I get it (to work)? Take a look at http://moinejf.free.fr for the latest stable version ( 3.7.18 ? ) or the the latest development release ( 4.x ) . Developer Jeff Moine is

[abcusers] abcm2ps 3.7.18

2004-03-06 Thread Rickard Blixt
Hello, Is there any place where I can download a ready-to-use abcm2ps 3.7.18 package? Regards, Rickard [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-03-05 Thread Rickard Blixt
Hello, I use abcm2ps version 3.7.5, but I can't get the functions !repeatbar! and !repeatbar2! to work. It doesn't work in the sample2.abc file included in the abcm2ps package, either, even though the function(s) is (are) mentioned and should work. What should I do? Is there a newer version

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread Frank Nordberg
Jon Freeman wrote: OK, so I've not long back changed folkinfo to at least enable those who premit cookies to select a preference between letter and A4 for printing pdf files from the site. Should I also consider allowing 9 x 12 as a paper size or is that pretty much reserved for publications? I

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread Frank Nordberg
Bernard Hill wrote: I don't think there should be any standard for paper size - you should be allowed to specify your own. I can symphatize with that view. There are some practical issues involved though. For example, when you post documents on an internet site for the visitors to print out

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread Bernard Hill
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Frank Nordberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Bernard Hill wrote: I don't think there should be any standard for paper size - you should be allowed to specify your own. I can symphatize with that view. There are some practical issues involved though. For example, when

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread Jon Freeman
: Bernard Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Frank Nordberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Bernard Hill wrote: I don't think there should be any standard for paper size - you

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread David Webber
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So, Guido - why are you compiling with A4 instead of US letter? Don't most people print sheet music using standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch Typically an American question I'm glad I'm not most people ;-) Ah, so this is what it has come down to now: US Bashing. ...

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread Richard Robinson
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 11:55:23AM +0100, Frank Nordberg wrote: Bernard Hill wrote: I don't think there should be any standard for paper size - you should be allowed to specify your own. I can symphatize with that view. There are some practical issues involved though. For example, when

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread John Chambers
Jon Freeman writes: | From: John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Actually, if you look at music published in the US, you'll have | trouble finding any that is printed on the 8.5x11-inch letter size | paper. Music is usually printed on larger pages. The most common size | is 9x12

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread Bernard Hill
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 11:55:23AM +0100, Frank Nordberg wrote: Bernard Hill wrote: I don't think there should be any standard for paper size - you should be allowed to specify your own. I can symphatize with that

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread John Chambers
Bernard Hill writes: | | Much music in the UK is printed on B4 paper, or close to it... | | I don't think there should be any standard for paper size - you should | be allowed to specify your own. Good idea in general. For example, I've been contacted by a few people involved in such

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread David Webber
From: John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] The most practical approach for software would be to give people a choice of at least A4 and US letter pages, and have some way for the software to remember this. In Windows software the conventions are very simple. There's a Page Setup (or Print

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread Phil Taylor
On 2 Jan 2004, at 08:15, Frank Nordberg wrote: Jon Freeman wrote: OK, so I've not long back changed folkinfo to at least enable those who premit cookies to select a preference between letter and A4 for printing pdf files from the site. Should I also consider allowing 9 x 12 as a paper size or

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread Stephen Kellett
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes A fascinating site for the true nerd. It also has a link to this site: http://homepage.virgin.net/vernon.jenkins/PS.htm This is a site dedicated to biblical numerology, wherein the author proves quite conclusively that the

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread Bernard Hill
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stephen Kellett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes A fascinating site for the true nerd. It also has a link to this site: http://homepage.virgin.net/vernon.jenkins/PS.htm This is a site dedicated to biblical

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread Jerome Colburn
At 05:40 PM 1/2/04 +, Phil Taylor wrote: We must therefore enjoin our American cousins to forsake their pagan paper sizes (letter, legal ledger etc.) and cleave only to the one true stationery standard prescribed in holy scripture. Well, the biblical associations on that site aren't exactly

Re: Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-02 Thread chrismyers
AM 04:18:27 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions Hi Chris, I know I'm the other side of the pond but I think you are over reacting. Stick around. Jon - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-01 Thread Jack Campin
I admittedly haven't thought about this, but offhand, it seems to me that it would be useful to identify country-dependendent parameters. Clearly, paper size is one---A4 seems standard in Western Europe, letter size in US and Canada (but what about former Eastern-block countries, and what

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-01 Thread chrismyers
Ah, so this is what it has come down to now: US Bashing. OK, I can take it, but I did caveat my previous posting with the following parenthetical: (I do realize that many of us are not in the US, so this may be pure ignorance here as well). So, bashing aside, a simple answer to the question

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2004-01-01 Thread Jon Freeman
From: John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Actually, if you look at music published in the US, you'll have trouble finding any that is printed on the 8.5x11-inch letter size paper. Music is usually printed on larger pages. The most common size is 9x12 inches, but there are many other

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2003-12-20 Thread Ulf Bro
So, Guido - why are you compiling with A4 instead of US letter? Don't most people print sheet music using standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper? (I do realize that many of us are not in the US, so this may be pure ignorance here as well). So far I know, Guido is an Italian. In Italy they use A4 and

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2003-12-20 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, Guido - why are you compiling with A4 instead of US letter? Don't most people print sheet music using standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch Typically an American question I'm glad I'm not most people ;-) -- Martin Tarenskeen To

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2003-12-19 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:17:31 -, Jon Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] this one in many ways but the top of page 2 at least looks unaceptably high. Any ideas why this changed? Looking at your files, it seems the page format is A4 instead of US letter. Also, it's been suggested

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2003-12-19 Thread Jon Freeman
From: Jean-Francois Moine [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:17:31 -, Jon Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] this one in many ways but the top of page 2 at least looks unaceptably high. Any ideas why this changed? Looking at your files, it seems the page format is A4

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2003-12-19 Thread chrismyers
This is very interesting here . . . I recently started using precompiled binaries (from Guido's abcplus site), and also noticed that it was using A4 instead of US letter size. I got around it by adding the %%pageheight directive at the top of every file. I don't know why I didn't realize

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2003-12-19 Thread Richard Robinson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 09:46:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is very interesting here . . . I recently started using precompiled binaries (from Guido's abcplus site), and also noticed that it was using A4 instead of US letter size. I got around it by adding the %%pageheight

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2003-12-19 Thread Jon Freeman
From: Richard Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 09:46:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, Guido - why are you compiling with A4 instead of US letter? Don't most people print sheet music using standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper? (I do realize that many of us are not in the

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2003-12-19 Thread John Walsh
Certainly, A4 seems more-or-less standard in Britain. I have the impression it is for (at least a lot of) Europe. I think either default is reasonable. Not that it's important, the question to me is did Guido change the default? I've only picked up binaries from there and have no recollection

[abcusers] abcm2ps questions

2003-12-16 Thread Jon Freeman
I recently updated folkinfo.org to use v 3.7.16. It's been reported to me that things are not setting the same as the previous version I used. The example I was given is The Fox. At http://www.folkinfo.org/temp/fox.pdf we have the original 4 page version form the combined older

[abcusers] abcm2ps under Panther

2003-11-14 Thread Tom Keays
I am withdrawing my Mac OS X pre-compiled (binary) package of Jean-Francois Moine's abcm2ps . It has been reported that it does not unpack properly under Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) although it previously worked under Jaguar (10.2). A version of the Macintosh package (abcm2ps 3.7.9) that is more

[abcusers] abcm2ps update

2003-09-20 Thread Rickard Blixt
Hello, Where do I get the newest abcm2ps version that is "ready for Windows"? Regards, Rickard [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps update

2003-09-20 Thread Tom Keays
Look on the abcplus website under binaries - http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/#abcm2ps%20binaries It is current, 3.7.5, same as on Jef's site. - http://moinejf.free.fr/ on 9/20/03 8:04 AM, Rickard Blixt wrote: Where do I get the newest abcm2ps version that is ready for Windows? -- Tom Keays /

[abcusers] abcm2ps bug and rfes

2003-09-10 Thread chrismyers
(rfe = Request For Enhancement) Hi Jef, I suppose I could just learn postscript, and not continue to keep pestering you, but since I appear to be pushing abcm2ps beyond its abilities, I keep finding things that are a little off, or could use a tweak. Recently (v3.7.3) you fixed a bug with

[abcusers] Abcm2ps Measurefont

2003-09-03 Thread Don Whitener
I see that in the latest abcm2ps release, Jef has added the %%measurefont format parameter... Thank you *very* much Jef! Good man! Regards, Don To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

Re: [abcusers] Abcm2Ps Measure Number Font

2003-08-25 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:25:58 -0500, Don Whitener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been tinkering around a bit with a format file for Abcm2ps... I am looking for a way to change the font size of the measure numbers, and I can't seem to find a way to do this. Can this font size be changed, or am I

Re: [abcusers] Abcm2Ps Measure Number Font

2003-08-25 Thread Don Whitener
I believe that we may be addressing two different things. I am referring the font for the bar numbers that are set with [%%measurenb], not the numbers that are included in the repeated endings. But that is a good idea also... Don At 05:19 AM 8/25/2003, you wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2003

Re: [abcusers] Abcm2Ps Measure Number Font

2003-08-25 Thread John Chambers
Don Whitener writes: | I believe that we may be addressing two different things. I am referring | the font for the bar numbers that are set with [%%measurenb], not the | numbers that are included in the repeated endings. But that is a good idea | also... The original abc2ps has a barnumberfont

Re: [abcusers] Abcm2Ps Measure Number Font

2003-08-25 Thread Don Whitener
Thank you John... Neither of these commands seem to have any affect, so I presume they are not valid in Abcm2ps. Don At 12:48 PM 8/25/2003, John Chambers wrote: Don Whitener writes: | I believe that we may be addressing two different things. I am referring | the font for the bar numbers that

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps : setting pagination

2003-08-24 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:41:19 -0400, Tom Keays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry to bug the list with a RTfM type question, but I have looked everywhere I could think, even in Guido's Typesetting document, but nowhere could I find a trace of how to SET a page number using an abcm2ps declaration. I

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps hangs

2003-08-24 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:37:21 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Taylor) wrote: I'm seeing some problems with the Mac version of abcm2ps (v3.6.2) where it hangs up on certain tunes and has to be killed. [snip] This bug is fixed in 3.6.3: Program loop when '-c' or '-B' and repeat bar

[abcusers] Abcm2Ps Measure Number Font

2003-08-20 Thread Don Whitener
I've been tinkering around a bit with a format file for Abcm2ps... I am looking for a way to change the font size of the measure numbers, and I can't seem to find a way to do this. Can this font size be changed, or am I just overlooking something? Also, while I'm asking, is there a way to

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps hangs - the solution?

2003-08-15 Thread Jon Freeman
From: Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finally, I discovered that changing the scale factor from the default 0.75 to 0.7 did the trick. Presumably that allows an extra note or two per line, avoiding the Line Overfull problem. I must admit I hadn't noticed the error on your

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps hangs

2003-08-14 Thread John Chambers
Phil Taylor writes: | I'm seeing some problems with the Mac version of abcm2ps (v3.6.2) | where it hangs up on certain tunes and has to be killed. | | This is an example: | | X:32 | T:Wren's Nest, The | C:Frankie Gavin | R:jig | D:De Dannan: Anthem. | Z:id:hn-jig-32 | M:6/8 | K:Edor | GAB ded|cAA

[abcusers] abcm2ps and ties across repeats

2003-08-14 Thread chrismyers
Consider the following: X:1 T:test M:2/4 L:1/8 K:CC-|:CD EF|GA Bc-|cB AG|[1 FE DC-:|[2 FE DC|] Note the tie at the end of the first repeat, which is supposed to tie to the middle C at the start of the piece. Perfectly legal, notation-wise, but abcm2ps doesn't like it. If I make the first

[abcusers] abcm2ps hangs

2003-08-14 Thread Phil Taylor
I'm seeing some problems with the Mac version of abcm2ps (v3.6.2) where it hangs up on certain tunes and has to be killed. This is an example: X:32 T:Wren's Nest, The C:Frankie Gavin R:jig D:De Dannan: Anthem. Z:id:hn-jig-32 M:6/8 K:Edor GAB ded|cAA A2c|BGE EFG|AFD AFD|GAB ded|cAA A2c|BGE AFD|1

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps hangs

2003-08-14 Thread Dave Holland
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 04:40:33PM +0100, Phil Taylor wrote: Hmm, it couldn't be a problem of page size I suppose? I'd *guess* that that's unlikely, since I use A4, which is narrower than Letter, and hence more likely to provoke overfull line errors... but I could be wrong. Dave To

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps hangs

2003-08-14 Thread Dave Holland
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 03:37:21PM +0100, Phil Taylor wrote: I'm seeing some problems with the Mac version of abcm2ps (v3.6.2) where it hangs up on certain tunes and has to be killed. Just as a data point, your example works fine for me, with 3.6.3 on Linux (and it doesn't report any overfull

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps hangs

2003-08-14 Thread Jon Freeman
From: Phil Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm seeing some problems with the Mac version of abcm2ps (v3.6.2) where it hangs up on certain tunes and has to be killed. I've just tried you example using 2.11.3 (I think) on Windows and it works fine. I've mentioned this before but I did once have my ISP

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps hangs

2003-08-14 Thread Phil Taylor
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 03:37:21PM +0100, Phil Taylor wrote: I'm seeing some problems with the Mac version of abcm2ps (v3.6.2) where it hangs up on certain tunes and has to be killed. Just as a data point, your example works fine for me, with 3.6.3 on Linux (and it doesn't report any overfull

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps hangs

2003-08-14 Thread Tom Keays
Huh! I'm running Mac OS X 10.2.4 on a newer iBook. I have the same version of abcm2ps as Phil does, downloaded as a Mac binary from abcplus @ sourceforge, same as his was. The tune converted to postscript no problems at all. No hanging. No overflow problems. Here's the console report. %

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps and 'extras'

2003-08-06 Thread Jack Campin
I asked a while ago about drum notation [...] The one thing I'm missing is putting the slashes on the stems of the notes. Obviously, an extension to the code is necessary, and I'm even willing to gasp step outside the bounds of the emerging abc standard to accomplish my goal, since my real

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps and 'extras'

2003-08-03 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:29:51 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] The result ps looks surprisingly good, with the exception of the slashes on the stems that I want to indicate a roll. The note should look like this (pardon the ASCII art): | | |/ /|/ /| |

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps and 'extras'

2003-07-31 Thread Frank Nordberg
John Walsh wrote: Chris Meyers writes: The one thing I'm missing is putting the slashes on the stems of the notes. Obviously, an extension to the code is necessary, and I'm even willing to gasp step outside the bounds of the emerging abc standard to accomplish my goal, since my real intention

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps and 'extras'

2003-07-31 Thread Bernard Hill
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Frank Nordberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes John Walsh wrote: Chris Meyers writes: The one thing I'm missing is putting the slashes on the stems of the notes. Obviously, an extension to the code is necessary, and I'm even willing to gasp step outside the bounds of

[abcusers] abcm2ps and 'extras'

2003-07-30 Thread chrismyers
It feels silly posting this amidst all the talk of standards, etc., but I'm going to post anyway. I asked a while ago about drum notation (I'm not a drummer, but I'm trying to transcribe the drum music for my Corps). I have since gotten ALMOST everything I need to do by using the existing

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps and 'extras'

2003-07-30 Thread Bernard Hill
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] t, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes It feels silly posting this amidst all the talk of standards, etc., but I'm going to post anyway. I asked a while ago about drum notation (I'm not a drummer, but I'm trying to transcribe the drum music for my Corps). I have since gotten

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps and 'extras'

2003-07-30 Thread Arent Storm
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T:Plain 2/4 M:2/4 L:1/8 K:perc %%graceslurs no V:1 up c|:7c{c}c {c}cc-|7c{c}c {c}cc-|7c{c}c {c}c/Lc/c/c/|\ [1.2.3. {c}c{c}c {c}cc-:|[2 {c}c{c}c {c}c{c}c|| The result ps looks surprisingly good, with the exception of the slashes on the stems that I want to

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps and 'extras'

2003-07-30 Thread John Walsh
Chris Meyers writes: The one thing I'm missing is putting the slashes on the stems of the notes. Obviously, an extension to the code is necessary, and I'm even willing to gasp step outside the bounds of the emerging abc standard to accomplish my goal, since my real intention is only in creating

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps and 'extras'

2003-07-30 Thread Wil Macaulay
in addition,Chris your suggested solution would be inadvisable because it would be errror prone: //C //C and //C//C look pretty similar, but most parsers use C// as a synonym for C/4 wil John Walsh wrote: Chris Meyers writes: The one thing I'm missing is putting the slashes on the stems

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps?

2003-07-14 Thread Forgeot Eric
this is what the archive abcm2ps-3.6.4.zip contains: 165376 07-08-03 13:10 abcm2ps-3.6.4/abcm2ps.exe I guess he d/l the archive from JF Moine's website, and not your, otherwise he would have got this binary ;) Otherwise for more help with abcm2ps (automatic laucher), this page may be

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps?

2003-07-13 Thread Guido Gonzato
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Rickard Blixt wrote: Hello, I have tried to download abcm2ps, but it seems like I don't get any .exe file. (This concerns the compiled, ready-for-Windows-version.) Can anyone help me to get started? this is what the archive abcm2ps-3.6.4.zip contains: backup:[guido]$

[abcusers] abcm2ps?

2003-07-12 Thread Rickard Blixt
Hello,I have tried to download abcm2ps, but it seems like I don't get any .exe file.(This concerns the compiled, "ready-for-Windows-version".)Can anyone help me to get started? Regards,Rickard[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps?

2003-07-12 Thread Steve Mansfield
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rickard Blixt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I have tried to download abcm2ps, but it seems like I don't get any .exe file. (This concerns the compiled, ready-for-Windows-version.) Can anyone help me to get started? If you go to http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/#abcm2ps

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

2003-06-27 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
On 24 Jun 2003 22:37:23 -0400, Christopher Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jean-Francois, Hello Chris, [snip] BTW, I'm using abcm2ps-2.11.3 (May 5, 2002) if that makes any difference. [snip] It makes! Annotations work correctly starting from version 3.5.0. About deco.abc, in

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

2003-06-25 Thread John Chambers
Chris comments: | Jean-Francois, | | I just got around to trying out your suggestion below for enclosing a | note in parentheses: | | | Yes, you may use annotations: | | ()A | | And it doesn't work. Instead of getting a note in parentheses, what I | get is a guitar chord that looks like

Re: Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

2003-06-25 Thread chrismyers
in the vocal line depending on which verse is being sung. (However, your suggested notation for optional accidentals is indeed a good idea). -Chris From: John Chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/06/25 Wed AM 08:36:55 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

2003-06-25 Thread MCPearce0
Using "("")"G with abcm2ps 3.3.1 actually produces something like: ( ) to the left of the note, seemingly taking the string after as a unit and ignoring the middle quotes. This does more or less accord with the 1.7.6 version of abc which says (in the copy from Chris Walshaw's site some months

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps/PostScript questions

2003-06-24 Thread Calum Galleitch
On Monday 23 June 2003 5:06 pm, Jean-Francois Moine wrote: - in the header: % -- draw any indication %%postscript /displaycustom { % usage: len x y displaycustom %%postscriptexch -9 add exch 2 copy %%postscriptM 0 10 rmoveto /Times-Roman 16 selectfont

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

2003-06-24 Thread Christopher Myers
Jean-Francois, I just got around to trying out your suggestion below for enclosing a note in parentheses: Yes, you may use annotations: ()A And it doesn't work. Instead of getting a note in parentheses, what I get is a guitar chord that looks like this: ( ) The program does not

[abcusers] abcm2ps/PostScript questions

2003-06-21 Thread Calum Galleitch
ie, if you're not into both, delete this now ;) Don't say you weren't warned. I'm very happy with abcm2ps's ability to typeset normal bagpipe music; so that means I need a challenge... I've been playing with abcm2ps with the intention of being able to set piobaireachd [1] with it. This is a

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps/PostScript questions

2003-06-21 Thread Jeff Bigler
From: Calum Galleitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 22:02:38 + And I don't know what the postscript for strlen() is. stringwidth Is there any way of right-justifying this text somehow? The way I do right-justified text in postscript is to define the following macro:

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps/PostScript questions

2003-06-21 Thread Jeff Bigler
Sorry I didn't include this in my previous reply. From: Calum Galleitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 22:02:38 + Ewan MacPherson has been kind enough to show me the code he uses for 1st and 2nd time phrases within parts/lines, and I've taken the liberty of reproducing part of

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps/PostScript questions

2003-06-21 Thread Jeff Bigler
Final message, really. Now the postscript hackers on this list can start pointing out all the errors in my postings. :-) From: Calum Galleitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 22:02:38 + % -- draw first time indication %%postscript /firsttime { % usage: len x y firsttime

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

2003-06-18 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:32:45 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] (NOTE - using abcm2ps) Problem 1: As far as I can tell, you can only align chords with actual notes. This is a problem for me. Suppose I have a measure that looks like this (M:C, L:1/4) E/D/ C3 and I want guitar

Re: Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

2003-06-16 Thread chrismyers
How about AmE/D/ C-CC2 ? This would also be clearer to read for the accompanist, and it doesn't violate the guideline that the third beat of a bar in common time should be visibly delineated (ie beat two shouldn't be a dotted minim!) This is a real guideline? I've never heard

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

2003-06-16 Thread MCPearce0
How about "Am"E/D/ C-"C"C2 ? This would also be clearer to read for the accompanist, and it doesn't violate the guideline that the third beat of a bar in common time should be visibly delineated (ie beat two shouldn't be a dotted minim!) This is a real "guideline"? I've never

Re: Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

2003-06-16 Thread chrismyers
an idea as to how to implement any of my issues/suggestions/RFE's. So, how 'bout it? Jean-Francois? Atte? JC? Guido? Anyone? Bueller? :-) -Chris From: Bert Van Vreckem [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/06/16 Mon PM 01:32:54 EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar

[abcusers] abcm2ps, guitar chords, vocal music, etc.

2003-06-15 Thread chrismyers
OK, I know I've seen some stuff on this before, but searching the archive didn't help, so here goes. I recently tried something new (at least for me), and I'm looking for a little advice. My wife came back from her voice lesson with a HIDEOUSLY transcribed jazz vocal piece, with just a melody

[abcusers] abcm2ps

2003-06-06 Thread Forgeot Eric
Nevertheless, everyone's ideas are welcome last time I was using abc for creating some midi file with several voices with the same notes (to get a bigger sound) When I used abcm2ps for viewing the note, I realized there isn't in the standard, nor in abcm2ps (it seems) an option to avoit printing

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps

2003-06-06 Thread Guido Gonzato
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Forgeot Eric wrote: When I used abcm2ps for viewing the note, I realized there isn't in the standard, nor in abcm2ps (it seems) an option to avoit printing / displaying a part. I think it would be relevant with the %%staves option abcpp is there to help you! Have a look

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps and EPS

2003-03-09 Thread Guido Gonzato
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Forgeot Eric wrote: So, my question is what kind of application can I use in order to include a proper eps image in an abc file ? I used xfig under Linux. It seems to produce very compact EPS files. Ciao, Guido =8-) -- Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. guido . gonzato at univr .

[abcusers] abcm2ps and EPS

2003-03-08 Thread Forgeot Eric
I've tried the new feature of Abcm2ps, for including eps files. The eps provided in the source is very clean, so there is no pb with it. I created one with a vectorial application, but when I imported it it didn't work : the first time there was a buffer overflow (I recompiled it with a more

[abcusers] abcm2ps-2.11.3

2002-07-24 Thread Steve Mansfield
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Fattaruso [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes The links on the abcplus homepage, http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/, only supply precompiled binaries for Windoze. Great, thanks for mentioning that. I've just downloaded the pre-compiled abcm2ps from that link and really

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps on a mac

2002-04-27 Thread Atte Andre Jensen
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Jack Campin wrote: Is it possible to compile and use abcm2ps on a mac ? Assuming it's a fairly conventional workstation Unix program: Getting it to run under MPW (Apple's development environment, with a sort of shell for running software developed under Unix) might

[abcusers] abcm2ps on a mac

2002-04-26 Thread Jack Campin
Is it possible to compile and use abcm2ps on a mac ? Assuming it's a fairly conventional workstation Unix program: Getting it to run under MPW (Apple's development environment, with a sort of shell for running software developed under Unix) might not be too hard, except that (a) MPW has a

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps on a mac

2002-04-26 Thread Wil Macaulay
abc4mac uses the approach of wrapping abc2ps (and abcmidi) in a basic UI that just allows you to put up a file dialog and then invokes the main of abc2ps with the file as an argument. On OS X, you can simply compile and run from the command line. I'll put the source for abc4mac up where people

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps Documentation

2001-06-25 Thread Laurie Griffiths
Wow! Time warp! I can't remember how long ago it was that I posted that! L. - Original Message - From: Laurie Griffiths ... You might try Musetransposing... - Original Message - From: Lindstrom Greg ... Greetings- I have been ... arrange brass quintet ... are there any

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps Documentation

2001-06-24 Thread Laurie Griffiths
: Lindstrom Greg - glinds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 1:37 PM Subject: [abcusers] abcm2ps Documentation Greetings- I have been ... arrange brass quintet ... are there any free tools to help me arrange the parts (...Windows 98 box...) ... $65.00 is too much

[abcusers] abcm2ps Documentation

2001-06-20 Thread Lindstrom Greg - glinds
Greetings- I have been using abc2ps for a couple of months now to arrange brass quintet music. Recently, I stumbled across abcm2ps, which is said to handle multiple parts (and from some of the samples I would say it does quite well). My problem is that I can't find any documentation as how to

Re: [abcusers] abcm2ps Documentation

2001-06-20 Thread John Henckel
Greg, I use abcm2ps and I think it is the best best (free) music typesetter available. The documentation is not very well organized, you just have to look at the samples, and in some cases the source code, to see what all the options are. I wrote a little how-to page for abcm2ps on

[abcusers] abcm2ps-1.5.5

2000-10-08 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
Hello everybody, I'm glad to announce this new release of abcm2ps, which includes many bug fixes (thank you, Frank, your little 'Fuga in G mol' helped a lot). Aside from bugs, this version now offers a same voice to be printed on many staves. -- Ken ar c'hentaƱ | ** Breizh ha