The advice on how to handle automatic measure numbering by *NOT* putting
it into the abc file is particularly valuable. I'm interested in long-term
viability of my abc files. I manage my wife's vocal songbook (in her keys, my
arrangements) as well as my own arrangements of instrumentals of various
other standards. Currently the printouts are generated by Band-In-A-Box but
I'm moving to abc. (I'm using 3.1.9 of abcm2ps on Linux at the moment.
Gorgeous output!) Suggestions for longevity and portability are particularly
helpful.
I presume that the absence of a collection of jazz/pop/country standards
in abc format on the net is because of copyright issues. If such an archive
exists, however, I'd appreciate a pointer.
Again, thank you for the excellent advice.
On Thursday 26 December 2002 12:10 am, you wrote:
> Ed Skinner wrote:
> > 1) Is there a FAQ?
>
> If you mean on abc notation itself, please check John Chambers'
> "Frequently Asked Questions about ABC Music Notation" <url:
> http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/ABC-FAQ.html>.
>
> > 2) Is there a way to get automatic measure numbering?
>
> Yes, but it is package dependent. J.F. Moine's abcm2ps, for instance,
> lets you specify that either of three ways: in the command line, in a
> format file or in the tune itself; please check files 'New.Features' and
> 'format.txt' for details (in abcm2ps's doc directory, e.g.,
> /usr/share/doc/abcm2ps-<version>/). For portability, it would be
> advisable not to code this information in the abc file you intend to
> store tunes on a permanent basis.
>
> Lots of abc software references may be found at the Abc Home Page <url:
> http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/> sorted by operating system and
> other criteria.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Paulo Eleut�rio Tib�rcio
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