Graham Paton wrote:
>
> This is my first message to any e-mail group, so I will be delighted if
> anyone would like to fill me in on etiquette, format etc.
Welcome, Graham :)
Basically, you just behave decent, stick to the subject and always sign
with your full name.
And never take any comments as personal insults. The discussion at
abcusers - and other maillist - can get quite heated occasionally.
>
> My query:
>
> Is there in existence, or is anyone working on, an extension to ABC for
> Guitar Tab?
Here are three programs worth checking out:
Name: abctab2ps
Orginator: Christoph Dalitz
Comments: abctab2ps is an abc->postscript converter based on and compliant
to abc2ps. It has the following significant enhancements over
abc2ps:
*detailed user's guide and man page<LI>support for various
kinds of lute tablatures
*support for 6-string guitar tablature
*support for 4- and 5-string banjo tablature
*dynamic memory allocation
*additional music features (eg. M:none)
URL: http://www.emsland-aktuell.com/lautengesellschaft/cdmm/
Name: jaabc2ps
Orginator: John Atchely
Comments: John Atchely's version of abcm2ps. It includes a lot of nice
features, including support for tin whistle and stringed
instrument tablatures, and some extended page formatting features.
URL: http://www.guitarnut.com/abc/index.html
Name: TablEdit
Orginator: ?
Comments: Tablature editor that can import and export ABC files.
URL: http://www.tabledit.com/
Frank Nordberg
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