Re: [abcusers] K:none

2004-08-19 Thread Steven Bennett
K:none is already defined in the ABC 2.0 draft spec, although there's a slight ambiguity in that spec, since none is also shorthand for clef=none. When I implemented that section of my parser, I resolved that in favor of the key, and required the full clef=none if you want no clef. K: by itself

Re: [abcusers] K:none

2004-08-19 Thread Phil Taylor
On 19 Aug 2004, at 16:37, Steven Bennett wrote: K: by itself is not documented in ANY version of the ABC spec as a valid sequence, and cannot be assumed to work in any program. In my own parser, again, that would cause an error on the field, which would cause the field to be ignored (in an

Re: [abcusers] K:none

2004-08-19 Thread John Chambers
Steven Bennett writes: | K:none is already defined in the ABC 2.0 draft spec, although there's a | slight ambiguity in that spec, since none is also shorthand for | clef=none. When I implemented that section of my parser, I resolved that | in favor of the key, and required the full clef=none if

Re: [abcusers] K:none

2004-08-19 Thread Steven Bennett
John Chambers wrote: Steven Bennett writes: | K:none is already defined in the ABC 2.0 draft spec, although there's a | slight ambiguity in that spec, since none is also shorthand for | clef=none. When I implemented that section of my parser, I resolved that | in favor of the key, and

Re: [abcusers] K:none

2004-08-19 Thread John Chambers
Steven Bennett wrote: | I believe I decided that T: was a valid title field as well -- some pieces | simply don't have a title. Yes; I have a number of examples where I don't want a title. Mostly they're musical fragments, or things like a blank manuscript page. OTOH, one thing my Tune Finder

Re: [abcusers] K:none

2004-08-19 Thread John Walsh
| I believe I decided that T: was a valid title field as well --some |pieces simply don't have a title. Yes; I have a number of examples where I don't want a title. Mostly they're musical fragments, or things like a blank manuscript page. None none and Gan Ainm are legal titles, (And not

RE: [abcusers] K:none

2004-08-18 Thread Richard Walker
consider extending the K: to allow K:none? What tune has no key signature? I'm confused. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

Re: [abcusers] K:none

2004-08-18 Thread Phil Taylor
On 18 Aug 2004, at 08:07, Atte André Jensen wrote: Hi Some tunes are not in any specific key, but it seems abc doesn't have any way to notate this. If I use K:C the song is shown correctly, but this opviously is corrupted when transposing it. Is there a solution withinn the current abc

Re: [abcusers] K:none

2004-08-18 Thread Atte André Jensen
Phil Taylor wrote: On 18 Aug 2004, at 08:07, Atte André Jensen wrote: snip should we consider extending the K: to allow K:none? It has been suggested before, and seems not unreasonable. Ok, so how to proceed? Transposition routines would have to be re-written to deal with it though. Currently

Re: [abcusers] K:none

2004-08-18 Thread John Chambers
Atte asked: | Some tunes are not in any specific key, but it seems abc doesn't have | any way to notate this. If I use K:C the song is shown correctly, but | this opviously is corrupted when transposing it. | | Is there a solution withinn the current abc definition that I overlooked | or should we