Hello,
I have finished writing the new ABC+ draft. This is how I proceeded:
- I checked out other notations and programs (MusiXTeX, PMX, M-TX, MUP,
and Lilypond) to study their approach and solutions;
- I kept ABC+ 100% upwards compatible with the ABC draft 1.7.6;
- I introduced unofficial but already existing extensions, like %%staves
and some such;
- I added long fields (e.g. Index:) and commands (e.g. \move{-1.5,0}) to
overcome current limitations.
As it is now, the new draft needs careful examination by a selected group of
developers; when its rough edges are smoothed out, it will make it to the
net and to this list.
I was going to send the draft to the following people who were interested:
- Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- Simon Wascher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- Christoph Dalitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
and of course
- Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf.free.fr>
but I'm sure I forgot somebody. If anyone is interested in _constructive_
criticism, please write to me off-list and I'll add you to this list. By
"constructive" I mean this: if you find an error in something I wrote,
saying "ha! this is nonsense!" isn't enough; you should provide a working
solution.
Waiting for helpers.
Later,
Guido =8-)
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