Just for the record, abc2nwc produces identical and, as far as I can tell, correct output from both the "legal" and "illegal" versions of Springleik posted by Eric Forgeot. In the latter case it produces an error report saying it has replaced the "illegal" ties with slurs. Both versions are played the same by Noteworthy Composer.
On the other hand, the editor/player/printer programme I am currently working on interprets the first version correctly but treats the ties in the second version as ties. (The result sounds awful.) This was a policy decision based on the idea that a tie does not have to be to the next note but may pass a few notes of different pitch before finding its resolution so something like G- B G is perfectly legitimate. I may have to review this decision since misuse of ties to represent slurs is widespread in the collections. What is technically correct may have to give way in the face of what is actually done by the user. I suppose that must be the decision I made for abc2nwc. Memory fades. Perhaps a less ambiguous version of my example would be G- [BG-] G. Bryan Creer To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
