Re: [abcusers] %%staves

2003-07-30 Thread I. Oppenheim
Dear Phil, %%staves {1 2 3 4} Will typeset 4 voices on one keyboard staff. A keyboard staff consists of two coupled staves that are connected with a { symbol in front of them. %%staves (1 2)(3 4) Will print two separate staves, with two voices on each of them. No { symbol will appear in

Re: [abcusers] %%staves

2003-07-30 Thread Arent Storm
From: I. Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [abcusers] %%staves Dear Phil, %%staves {1 2 3 4} Will typeset 4 voices on one keyboard staff. A keyboard staff consists of two coupled staves that are connected

Re: [abcusers] %%staves

2003-07-30 Thread I. Oppenheim
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Phil Taylor wrote: %%staves [(1 2)(3 4)] Gives a score format: two staves, coupled with a large [ on the left side. or should that be %%staves ([1 2)(3 4]) No. That has no defined meaning. %%staves {1 2 3} a keyboard staff with two voices in the right hand

Re: [abcusers] %%staves

2003-07-30 Thread I. Oppenheim
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Arent Storm wrote: And what if I want one large { with four staves ? You could use %%staves [1 2 3 4] instead, which will place a [ before the staves, though. We can of course consider to make the semantics of {..} similar to [...]. I.e: %%staves {1 2 3 4} will print 4

RE: [abcusers] %%staves

2003-07-30 Thread Eric Forgeot
I still have some problems understanding the %%staves directive, and it still strikes me as being extremely cryptic compared with putting the same information into V: fields in the header. So what's the difference between You can look at http://anamnese.online.fr/abc/passemedio.pdf It doesn't

Re: [abcusers] %%staves

2003-07-30 Thread Arent Storm
From: I. Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Arent Storm wrote: And what if I want one large { with four staves ? You could use %%staves [1 2 3 4] instead, which will place a [ before the staves, though. We can of course consider to make the semantics of {..} similar to

RE: [abcusers] %%staves

2003-07-30 Thread Phil Taylor
I still have some problems understanding the %%staves directive, and it still strikes me as being extremely cryptic compared with putting the same information into V: fields in the header. So what's the difference between You can look at http://anamnese.online.fr/abc/passemedio.pdf Oh, I've

Re: [abcusers] staves

2003-07-04 Thread John Chambers
Eric Galluzzo donned his asbestos suit and opined: | | Regarding %%staves | -- | | I personally find %%staves very useful, and (despite comments to the | contrary) very intuitive. How about adding some official variant of | this to the standard? It seems much more concise, and