I think the problem is pasting from abc2Win into an e-mail. The header info is in the little boxes at the top. So you can't easily cut and paste the whole thing. I have a couple of work rounds that do OK: 1. load the tune in abcMIDIfier - you can select the whole tune from there. 2. drag the abc file onto Windows Notepad or Wordpad on my desktop (i.e. open it as a text file), and do the cut and paste from there. Wassail! V ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Vint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 7:42 PM Subject: Pasting into ABC2Win and was Re: [abcusers] e-mailed ABC tunes > Phil Taylor wrote about pasting tunes into ABC2Win. His message is > quoted below. Here's the author's response: > > ABC2Win supports paste for one or more tunes. If an email contains a > T: or X: followed by a proper tune or several tunes, the user should copy > the lines from X: to the blank line at the end of the last tune, open > ABC2Win and paste the tune(s). ABC2Win will parse the tunes and add > each of them to the current, open file. > > If the user does not copy extra text before or after the tune, everything > should work as described above. > > Phil is correct that abc2win can become confused if there is text before > or after the tune that is pasted. The same is not true if the extra text is in > a tune file; in that case the text is identified and separately noted when > the file is opened and the tunes are listed. > > Phil is not correct about the need to paste a tune by small pieces. > > I'm not sure what case Phil is describing when he says that ABC2Win > assumes that the text starts on the first uncommented line. In my > recollection, the program uses X: as a tune start signal and a blank line > as an indicator that the tune ends. > > Perhaps the information above explains why users of ABC2Win are not > beating at my door for updates to the handling of pasted tunes. > > And as for updates, a preview of a minor update has been available > since last summer. It is fully functional but I have not had a chance to > convert it into full release. See www.abc2win.com/preview.html for a > detailed explanation of the changes and to download. > > Jim Vint > > > Phil Taylor wrote: > > > Unfortunately the way abc2win works makes cut & paste > > a bit impractical. The program's tune editor doesn't > > let you edit the raw text; instead it presents a > > database-style form with separate text boxes for each > > of the fields. This probably makes life easier for the > > beginner user, but in this case it means that you would > > have to switch back and forth between your email program > > and abc2win, copying and pasting each field separately. > > > > As somebody else has pointed out, you have to save the > > message to a text file and open that file in abc2win. > > Here there is another problem, as abc2win assumes that > > a tune starts on the first uncommented line, and ends > > at the start of the next tune (or the end of the file). > > (This is not what the standard says - tunes actually > > start with an X: field and end on the first blank line > > following the tune.) > > > > So before opening your file in abc2win you should open > > it with a text editor and remove (or comment out) all > > text other than the abc, then save it with a .abc > > file extension. > > > > If I were a registered abc2win user, I'd be beating on > > Jim Vint's door to ask for an update to fix this, along > > with the playing at the wrong speed, and several other > > problems. > > > > Phil Taylor > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
