Christophe writes: | Just my two cents (of euro): abc is not only for one tune. It's also for | tunebooks. | | So, a reference number for each tune is very useful if you want to index | it, to make a table of contents or to print it (as the abc2ps family can | do). | | Please let us keep it!
I don't think anyone has suggested abolishing the X: header line. The suggestion is to make it optional in single-tune files. It is in fact optional now, in the sense that tunes on mailing lists often lack an X: line, and a lot of ABC software handles this without anything more than a warning. If you want your software to handle tunes from mailing lists, you must recognize the tunes without an X: line. Making all ABC tools accept this would slightly improve ABC's user friendliness. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
