A triplet in abc2mtex is written (3abc; in abc2ps, it's
((3abc)---the slur has to be put in explicitly. (Technically, I don't
think it's a slur--it's just a grouping symbol to catch the eye, and it's
often denoted with an angular slur, instead of the usual curvy one.
Question: do people ever write triplets without that slur mark?
(Silly question--we're talking about music, so of course, *someone's*
bound to do it.) But is it common? I often use abc2mtex, and have to
re-edit tunes each time I want to print them out in abc2ps. It would be
handy if ((3abc) and (3abc were considered to be equivalent.
In fact, both notations have a practical drawback: they unbalance
the parentheses. The compromise notation (3abc) would have the advantage
of balancing the parentheses, allowing one to use the brace-matching
present on lots of text editors to check for runaway slurs. (I seem to
remember starting some slurs that ended ten tunes later...:-)
Cheers,
John Walsh
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