P J Headford wrote:
>
> I can't see the point in PDF, myself. But I do get sent files as PDF,
> and then all I can do with them is look at the or print them. Seems a
> bit limited.
It is. But apart from ABC there simply isn't any music notation file
format standard enough to be useful on Internet. And ABC has some
serious limitations.
>
> Anyone know if there's a cheap method of converting PDF to
> something useful like a TIF, GIF or JPG which I could then feed to
> Midiscan or similar?
GhostScript can do that, although I have problems seeing why you'd want
to do that with PDFs generated from ABC. After all if you have access to
the ABC file, there are other, far more reliable import paths to a
non-ABC music notation program. Also - I haven't tried it myself, but I
doubt the output from common abc2ps applications are clear enough for
programs like Midiscan to use.
> Flos
> PS I'm a newcomer to the group. Where do I find this list of useful ABC
> software that Frank compiled?
http://www.musicaviva.com/abc/abcapps/index.tpl
Frank Nordberg
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