[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Jack Campin wrote:
>
> > > Currently, the C: flag indicates the composer field. ABC shows its
> > > instrumental roots in the lack of any way to specify that the words to a
> > > song were written by someone other than the composer of the tune. Now that
> > > ABC supports lyrics, this is a situation that's increasingly common for
> > > notated songs.
> > >
> > > Certainly, you can put both pieces of information in the composer field,
> > > but that limits your flexibility in searching and displaying the data.
> > >
> > > Of course, all the uppercase letters are in use for field flags, so I don't
> > > know what would be best -- maybe lowercase c: ?
> >
> > "A:" for "author" and ditch the present useless standard label for that field.
>
> *not* useless. I use it.
>
> :)
>
> We did this one a while back, didn't we ? Yes, my usage makes it a
> subfield of O:, and can't be parsed without a human brain if there is more
> than one value of O:
>
> But there it is. I saw an example, and used it in the way I thought it was
> meant to be used.
>
> etc etc.
>
>
>
> An alternative suggestion ... use "%%" and define your own header, to mean
> what you want. Give it a name specific to yourself so as not to conflict
> with anything anyone else has invented :- until-or-unless there is general
> agreement to use it (and, if so, on what it means).
>
>
>
> --
> Richard Robinson
> "The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
>
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