Speaking as someone who uses ABC-Plus notation extensively, I say "Yes, we do need something like Panmus"
As a Win-Numpty I find MusiXTeX to be cumbersome and difficult to set up, and equally cumbersome to use. For me it is far easier to use PDFInclude for files created with a "more friendly" ABC notation program. Yes, there is the ABC package, which I am assured, in the right hands, can be used to include ABC notation directly into a TeX score, converting it to conventional notation. But I have never been able to make it play nicely with any of my rather antiquated computers. For me, something like Panmus would be a powerful argument for using LaTeX more and workarounds less. On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Bob Tennent <r...@cs.queensu.ca> wrote: > Dirk say: > > > We need something which can read PMX, M-Tx or ABC; convert it to > > a central structure; from that central structure write PMX, M-Tx, > > ABC, MusiXTeX, Lilypond, MIDI, etc. > > Do we? Yes, there are several "text-based" formats for describing > music (MusiXTeX, PMX, M-Tx, ABC, PMW, LY, ... ). But why would > anyone need to *inter-convert* these unless they were abandoning a > format and needed to convert "legacy" files to another format? > > Pandoc is needed because there are often imposed requirements for > "intermediate" formats; for example, documentation sources must > be in a specific format or a pointy-headed boss insists on .doc > format. But for us, there are rarely such requirements; we are just > producing music scores (and parts) and midis; once we've learned > a suitable input language, there's no reason routinely to convert > descriptions to another. > > Bob > ------------------------------- > TeX-music@tug.org mailing list > If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music > -- http://kittybriton.etsy.com/ - My crafts store http://sphemusations.tripod.com/ - Music by James Butt
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