Markus Lutz wrote:
>
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 00:05:40 +0100, Phil Taylor wrote:
>
> PT>
> PT> To be honest, I don't think there is really an abc-only solution
> PT> for this kind of thing.
>
> Dear Phil,
> look at
> http://home.t-online.de/home/Markus_Lutz/Susato26.gif
>
> Its made with abcm2ps without any further editing, after having transposed it with
>abc2abc. It's
> not perfect (the unnecessary horizontal shifting), but maybe Jean-Francois will work
>on it, if
> there is a need for it.
Well, of course we'd have to change the M: value to 3/4 and the L: value
to 1/4 since Eric wanted to notated it in half value (I'm surprised
nobody didn't comment on that difference between his an my
transcription), but that's child's play in ABC.
To sum it up, both BarFly and abcm2ps seem to handle this particular job
fairly well - slightly better than I had expected, but there are still a
few problems:
1. As far as I know both programs are single platform applications:
BarFly is Mac only, and from Jean-Francois' site I gather that abcm2ps
is Linux only.
2. The two programs require different ABC extensions, so you'll have to
post two different versions of the file.
3. Stem directions and "empty bars" aren't problems in this particular
example, but they can be major headaches in slightly more complex
pieces. As far as I know, BarFly is the only program that offers a
useable solution to the latter, while none seem to be able to handle the
former properly.
4. Most important of all: We're talking about program specific
extensions to the ABC standard here, and that wasn't what Eric asked
for. Guess it's time for the abc standard committee to start working!
Frank Nordberg
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