>>>>> "Guido" == Guido Gonzato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Guido> abc received its share of thrashing lately, didn't it?
I don't think that's quite what anyone was intending to do. Someone
asked what Finale could do that ABC couldn't, and people answered
that question.
I admit I have a not-so-hidden agenda -- I'd like there to be a good
transfer route between ABC and some more fully-featured music-typesetting
system like musixtex or lilypond. So a lot of what was in my answer
was the things I'm currently working on abc2ly and abc2mtex to get for
myself.
Guido> Far from stating that abc is *the* music format of heavens
Guido> and earth, let's remind that the types of music it
Guido> currently supports is amazingly large.
No, the actual implemented standard that you can get a developer to
admit it's a bug if it doesn't work supports only a pretty small range
of music.
Guido> I don't know the first thing in modern music or jazz or
Guido> whatever, but as far as choral, baroque, and most classical
Guido> music are concerned, abc is an excellent tool that rivals
Guido> other hi-end typesetting systems.
Anything with words or multiple voices is not supported in a
standardized way. There isn't a good way in the standard to enter
figured bass or many baroque and classical ornaments. Or anything
other than a treble clef. Or note values longer than a whole note.
Guido> Not to mention that abc focuses on description and
Guido> distribution of music, where it has so many advantages over
Guido> other formats I'd be tempted to say it wins hands down.
I agree with this. Which is why we should work on getting the rest of
the way to standardizing what we have now.
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