On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Simon Wascher wrote:
> Anselm Lingnau wrote:
>
> > That's right, but then when you receive an ABC file you need a way to
> > figure out (...) We would
> > probably need to put in a header saying
> > %%fingering concertina
> > or some such, and software might have the option of including the
> > fingering only if it was desired. (...)
>
> Why changing the standards for every personal need every time! there are
> really good tools within the actual standards to express all those
> things. Just to mention the "N:" field where one can include all kinds
> of usefull and other info about the tune or the weather at transcribing
> time, the "P:" field which if not used in the header for playing order
> is just a string of text above a line of music, the "%" character which
> excludes text from being recognized by abc-programs so again can be used
> to add whatever one wants to write down.
> In abc2ps a text or block of text can be added using "%%text" and
> "%%begintext" plus "%%endtext".
> In fact if one really needs to get all info into the printed music or
> just a good looking screen display simpy use abc2ps and (and a .ps
> viewer and maybe a .fmt file) or something alike.
> If it is just to get the info ino the abc-file use "N:" or "P:" or "W:"
> or "w:" or "Guitarchords" or simlpy "%".
Or just write it as text, in the file; but then people who use 'easy' gui
abc programs won't see them / more stress on the developers to cope with
this.
But, if "%%fingering concertina" is intended to cause the software to do
something ... well, if anything's a 'de facto standard', I'd say it's the
use of the "%%" to indicate not-generally-supported extensions. And a
jolly good thing it is too. I wonder whether at some time in the future we
are going to find ourselves needing to formalise this namespace too,
though.
> I hope this was not to mercyless, I still look foreward to every usefull
> addition to the standards.
Hear hear.
--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
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