Re: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-29 Thread Phil Taylor
Bryan Creer wrote: I'll remove comcat.dll from the package and continue to provide a Setup because as John Atchley says - Finally, it really is necessary to deliver DLLs with most windows applications, and to use a setup utility, because most users are not going to be capable of installing

Re: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-29 Thread Atte Andre Jensen
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure I'd agree that it's off-topic. This is the "ABC users" list, i.e., it's about a specific computerized music notation. Discussing how to get software properly installed on users' machines strikes me as highly relevant to such a list.

Re: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-29 Thread James Allwright
On Fri 29 Sep 2000 at 11:54AM +0200, Atte Andre Jensen wrote: Actually I'm in a situation where I have a couple of friends who are most insterested in using abc, but they don't have the geekines to setup stuff like ghostview/gvview (we're talking windows users). I think you are doing

[abcusers] ABC not only for geeks

2000-09-29 Thread Guido Gonzato
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Atte Andre Jensen wrote: Actually I'm in a situation where I have a couple of friends who are most insterested in using abc, but they don't have the geekines to setup stuff like ghostview/gvview (we're talking windows users). Since I'm runnng Linux and am seperated by

Re: [abcusers] ABC not only for geeks

2000-09-29 Thread Frank Nordberg
Guido Gonzato wrote: guess what? I happen to be writing such a how-to... Another project I'm interested in is a GUI shell to abc(m)2ps... Two good projects at the same time! Well done, Guido! :) :) :) In exchange, I'd love somebody would add !crescendo(! C. to abc(m)2ps... This

Re: [abcusers] Musicator2abc-conversion

2000-09-29 Thread Frank Nordberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Got a pointer to a spec? If Musicator files are text files, it's likely that I or someone else could grind out a perl program to chew it up and spit out ABC. It would also be helpful if you could give a URL for a directory of files in Musicator format.

RE: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs (long)

2000-09-29 Thread Atchley, John
Phil Taylor wrote: As far as I can see, the Windows API allows DLLs to be placed anywhere you like, as long as the calling program knows where to find them. Would it not be possible to put any DLLs you install in the same directory as the program, rather

RE: [abcusers] ABC not only for geeks

2000-09-29 Thread Atchley, John
In exchange, I'd love somebody would add !crescendo(! C. to abc(m)2ps... Ciao, Guido =8-) Done, though my version does have the limitation that the start and stop points of a crescendo or diminuendo should be on the same output line, otherwise the

RE: [abcusers] ABC not only for geeks

2000-09-29 Thread Atchley, John
jaabc2ps implements the full 1.7 description of "^..." "_..." "..."and so on, with some transparent extensions, even. John Atchley This raises an interesting question. How are dynamics implemented in ABC nowadays? I know there have been a couple of discussions about it here,

Re: [abcusers] Change of e-mail address to davidale6@hotmail.com

2000-09-29 Thread rjp
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, you wrote: I'm writing to let you know I have a new e-mail address: O yes who/what are you exactly? [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I recently began using a new product from Microsoft called MSN Explorer. Silly boy! With MSN Explorer, you can send and receive e-mail, exchange

Re: [abcusers] Change of e-mail address todavidale6@hotmail.com

2000-09-29 Thread Frank Nordberg
Bob Archer wrote: Just to try and head off any further responses to this... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, you wrote: I'm writing to let you know I have a new e-mail address: O yes who/what are you exactly? [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I recently began using a new product

Re: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-29 Thread Richard Robinson
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Allwright writes: | On Fri 29 Sep 2000 at 11:54AM +0200, Atte Andre Jensen wrote: | | Actually I'm in a situation where I have a couple of friends who are most | insterested in using abc, but they don't have the geekines to setup

Copyright was: [abcusers] New Orleans Jazz

2000-09-29 Thread Atte Andre Jensen
So basically you're saying that I really shouldn't worry 'bout the electric chair and the like :-) I almost feel like giving in... Does anybody else here have oppions on this? Maybe someone is even able to pipe me a link from some kind of legal instance that deals with this. You might think I'm

[abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-29 Thread Bryancreer
Jack Campin says - My pet hate is excessive automation. I DO NOT want the process of installing system-critical software gizmos buried in an unreadable script. Judging by your website, Jack, you are a highly experienced computer user. Most people aren't. A lot of people are going to be