Re: [abcusers] abc repository similiar to olga.net?

2003-03-04 Thread Jack Campin
Has anyone thought of compiling a centralized database of abc tunes similar to olga.net.. I find that resource incredibly useful. Basically something like John's tune finder, except that it saves everything to a local database. I would be willing to donate computing power storage space to

Re: [abcusers] Multiple Endings

2003-03-04 Thread Phil Taylor
Jean-François Moine wrote: On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 21:44:29 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Taylor) wrote: John Chambers has proposed a series of extensions to handle this, and I tried to implement them in my own program. It turned out to be a nightmare to get it working in the player. Eventually I

[abcusers] Arabic or Hebrew music?

2003-03-04 Thread Phil Taylor
The new editor which I'm using in the OS X version of BarFly supports UTF16 (Unicode) and bi-directional text, so at some point I'll probably be able to do languages which read from right to left. It occurred to me to wonder how music is represented in these. If you have a song with aligned words

Re: [abcusers] Arabic or Hebrew music?

2003-03-04 Thread John Chambers
Phil Taylor writes: | The new editor which I'm using in the OS X version of BarFly supports | UTF16 (Unicode) and bi-directional text, so at some point I'll | probably be able to do languages which read from right to left. | It occurred to me to wonder how music is represented in these. | | If you

Re: [abcusers] Arabic or Hebrew music?

2003-03-04 Thread Jack Campin
The new editor which I'm using in the OS X version of BarFly supports UTF16 (Unicode) and bi-directional text, so at some point I'll probably be able to do languages which read from right to left. It occurred to me to wonder how music is represented in these. If you have a song with aligned

[abcusers] Mid-repeat variations in abcm2ps

2003-03-04 Thread Ewan A. Macpherson
I've recently managed to produce mid-repeat variation brackets in abcm2ps by adapting the octava decoration. I'm finding it useful for the occasional Highland pipe tune, and perhaps other will too. The decoration is implemented using the %%postscript and %%deco pseudo- comments. Having

Re: [abcusers] abc repository similiar to olga.net?

2003-03-04 Thread Toby Rider
Has anyone thought of compiling a centralized database of abc tunes similar to olga.net.. I find that resource incredibly useful. Basically something like John's tune finder, except that it saves everything to a local database. I would be willing to donate computing power storage space to

Re: [abcusers] abc repository similiar to olga.net?

2003-03-04 Thread Steve Mansfield
Has anyone thought of compiling a centralized database of abc tunes similar to olga.net.. /discussion But I've still not heard anything that makes me think that this sort of centralised abc database has any advantage or real purpose. JC's tune finder is a (wonderful wonderful wonderful) tool

Re: [abcusers] abc repository similiar to olga.net?

2003-03-04 Thread Laura Conrad
Steve == Steve Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anyone thought of compiling a centralized database of abc tunes similar to olga.net.. Steve /discussion Steve But I've still not heard anything that makes me think that Steve this sort of centralised abc database has

Re: [abcusers] abc repository similiar to olga.net?

2003-03-04 Thread Christian M. Cepel
Have you any experience with counter-attacking methods called 'tarpitting' or 'quicksanding'... I don't recall which. I read a blurb about it a while ago Specifically, intentionally timing out requests from snakes/spiders/etc to bog their machine down to the point that they sit up and take