Frank Nordberg wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I downloaded a few files off the internet to test my parser. I think I > > understand everything that I see in the abc notation except for one thing: > > there are some lines that seem to start with a square bracket ([) but there > > is no closing bracket and it doesn't seem to be part of a chord. What's this > > supposed to do, and which tool supports it? > > It's first and second repeat endings - pretty standard ABC, really, > although it seems most people leave the square bracket in front of the > numbers out nowadays. > > Your example raises another old abc notation question, btw. The > exclamation marks at the line ends is, as far as I understand it, a > abcwin peculiarity and not really common abc. Please don't start arguing > whether it ought to be a part of the standard or not - that train left > the station years ago. But it'd be interesting to know which > applications accept this notation, which ones require it and which choke > on it. > > Frank Nordberg > http://www.musicaviva.com > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: >http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
I use it and abc2ps seems to handle it just fine. -- Rick Davis My opinions are my own, and, unfortunately, not those of the rest of society. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
