Re: [abcusers] Update to jaabc2ps

2000-10-26 Thread Guido Gonzato
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, John Atchley wrote: I've uploaded an update at http://www.guitarnut.com/abc/index.html I cleaned up the source and used preprocessor definitions so it should compile on various platforms without warnings (except for one unused function that I haven't looked at yet,

Re: [abcusers] free Finale

2000-10-26 Thread Frank Nordberg
Mark Vandenbroeck wrote: Hi, Is there any documentation on the Finale format (text or binary). I might give this abc2finale a try. The Finale text format is called ETF (Enigma Transportable File). It was an early - and rather half hearted - attempt to create a common file format for

[abcusers] abc on Lilypond home page

2000-10-26 Thread Guido Gonzato
hi, has anybody noted that the source file to Paddy O'Rafferty on Lilypond's home page is actually an abc file? I don't know how we should interpret this... :-) Later, Guido =8-) -- Dr. Guido Gonzato ggonza at tin.it - Linux System Administrator My public PGP key is at

Re: [abcusers] free Finale

2000-10-26 Thread Philip Rowe
Mark Vandenbroeck wrote: Is there any documentation on the Finale format (text or binary). I might give this abc2finale a try. I had a quick look at the feature list for the free Finale. It supports mouse input but not the keyboard or midi input that the non-free versions of Finale have.

Re: [abcusers] free Finale

2000-10-26 Thread Guido Gonzato
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Philip Rowe wrote: Is the printed output better than anything the ABC community can offer? If not, what's the point? I have made a few quick tests, and although I must say that FinaleNotePad is a nice gift for undemanding users, abc is IMHO better. One thing for all:

Re: [abcusers] free Finale

2000-10-26 Thread Laura Conrad
"Guido" == Guido Gonzato [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Guido So, to sum up: I think we should spend our time improving Guido and completing abc, instead of writing convertion tools of Guido questionable value. IMHO. I wouldn't waste my time on conversion to a non-free, questionably

Re: [abcusers] free Finale

2000-10-26 Thread John McChesney-Young
Frank Nordberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip) I've tried to find out something about the present state of Encore, but hasn't succeeded yet (snip) Although I have nothing worthwhile to say about the virtues or demerits of the program(s), I found this status report dated July 31, 2000, at the

RE: [abcusers] Update to jaabc2ps

2000-10-26 Thread John Atchley
On Thursday, October 26, 2000 1:26 AM, Guido Gonzato [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: er... it won't compile with gcc without changes... you forgot to add #ifdef _MSVC to all sources but abc2ps.c. Hmmm, don't know how I missed all those the first time I searched for "process.h" -- must have

Re: [abcusers] Egregious example of line wrapping

2000-10-26 Thread jc
Phil Taylor suggested: | Jack Campin wrote: | BarFly is AppleScriptable, isn't it? So, if you've got a Mac on | your network somewhere, you should be able to tell it to: | | - open the file | - go into split-screen mode | - do Print Preview | - save as PICT | ... | The other

RE: [abcusers] Egregious example of line wrapping

2000-10-26 Thread Richard L Walker
I would pay money to watch that scenario. "Richard L Walker"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pensacola, FL 32504-7726 USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ...Ah, I can see it now... To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to:

Re: [abcusers] free Finale

2000-10-26 Thread Frank Nordberg
Philip Rowe wrote: ... Otherwise, it would be hard work to use it as anything other than a viewer for Finale files created by other people. I think that was Coda's idea - a Finale viewer rather than a music editor. An ABC-to-Finale converter would change that drastically, of course ;) It

Re: [abcusers] Gonna be off-list for a while

2000-10-26 Thread Frank Nordberg
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Re: [abcusers] Gonna be off-list for a while

2000-10-26 Thread Laurie Griffiths
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Re: [abcusers] Gonna be off-list for a while

2000-10-26 Thread Jack Campin
I have had an ambition to cross an ocean under sail for many years. I am now going to attempt to do it. [...] It isn't safe to leave much sooner; you have to wait for the hurricane season(*) to end. Here's something to sing on the way. It comes from a daily music broadside periodical

Re: [abcusers] free Finale

2000-10-26 Thread Gianni Cunich
Guido Gonzato wrote One thing for all: FinaleNotePad does not do PostScript unless you have a PostScript printer. Maybe we should mention that - at least under Windows - you do not need a poscript printer to produce PostScript output (and that's true for EPS as well). The trick is having the

RE: [abcusers] free Finale

2000-10-26 Thread John Atchley
On Thursday, October 26, 2000 10:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: But plain ascii text from 30 years ago is readable just about anywhere, and will be readable a century from now. devil's advocate Provided it's on an accessible physical medium. 30 years ago punched

[abcusers] ABC Newbie questions

2000-10-26 Thread Jorge Meletti
I'm a Brazilian composer and I've studied ABC a couple of hours, but my thinking is still based on the conventional music notation. Do ABC work, in practical terms, with more complex music, like "Bossa Nova", with a lot of sincopations, tuplets and ties ? Do ABC work with orchestral scores ?