Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

2004-11-15 Thread Jean-Francois Moine
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 20:40:43 -0200, Hudson Lacerda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't see in abcm2ps-4.8.0 documentation an explicit limit for the number of temporary voices, or the difference between and . [snip] Yes, there are many lacks in the abcm2ps documentation! There is no

Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

2004-11-13 Thread Tom Satter
John Walsh said: For instance, the 2.0 standard says that one should start the overlay at a barline. However, this might force one to extend the segment further than absolutely necessary, particularly if the barlines are sparse. The longer the segment, the harder the proofreading.

Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

2004-11-12 Thread Phil Taylor
On 12 Nov 2004, at 02:16, Richard Robinson wrote: On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:23:59PM +, Phil Taylor wrote: On 11 Nov 2004, at 20:32, Atte André Jensen wrote: Hi I'm wondering how standard the overlay operator is? Which programs supports the following for instance: L:1/8 | G3G- G2FG [C8D8] |

Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

2004-11-12 Thread Richard Robinson
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 10:35:11AM +, Phil Taylor wrote: On 12 Nov 2004, at 02:16, Richard Robinson wrote: On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:23:59PM +, Phil Taylor wrote: On 11 Nov 2004, at 20:32, Atte André Jensen wrote: Hi I'm wondering how standard the overlay operator is? Which

Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

2004-11-12 Thread Phil Taylor
On 12 Nov 2004, at 14:07, Richard Robinson wrote: From usrguide.tex :- the character is carried straight through to the TeX output and the characters produce a \enotes\notes pair. Thus the input DEFG ABcd A4 e2 c2| produces [2 staves] To explain this to those unfamiliar with MusicTeX, the

Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

2004-11-12 Thread John Walsh
Richard Robinson writes: abc2mtex did something with it, didn't it ? But I forget the details. Yes, as a matter of fact, it did. I was just thinking that what goes around, comes around, since this is now appearing once again. (By the way, there's no worry about backward compatibility

Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

2004-11-12 Thread Hudson Lacerda
John Walsh wrote: [snip] A couple of questions. If I read the abcm2ps documentation correctly, it's possible to have two implicitly-defined voices on each staff (making three voices in all) one gotten with and the other with . (The limitation seems to come from the need to

Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

2004-11-12 Thread Richard Robinson
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 05:53:21PM +, Phil Taylor wrote: On 12 Nov 2004, at 14:07, Richard Robinson wrote: the character is carried straight through to the TeX output and the characters produce a \enotes\notes pair. Thus the input DEFG ABcd A4 e2 c2| produces [2 staves] To explain

Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

2004-11-11 Thread Phil Taylor
On 11 Nov 2004, at 20:32, Atte André Jensen wrote: Hi I'm wondering how standard the overlay operator is? Which programs supports the following for instance: L:1/8 | G3G- G2FG [C8D8] | AFAIK only abcm2ps supports it at the moment. I intend to support it in BarFly in due course. Phil Taylor

Re: [abcusers] how well supported is the overlay operator

2004-11-11 Thread Richard Robinson
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:23:59PM +, Phil Taylor wrote: On 11 Nov 2004, at 20:32, Atte André Jensen wrote: Hi I'm wondering how standard the overlay operator is? Which programs supports the following for instance: L:1/8 | G3G- G2FG [C8D8] | AFAIK only abcm2ps supports it at