On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 09:12:14PM -0800, John Walsh wrote: > > Ie, to write abc def for a couple of voices, you > could write > > ABC & abc && DEF & def && etc.. > > This follows the way that MusixTeX is organized---in fact, > abc2mtex simply passes the "&" characters directly on to MusixTeX, and > lets it figure out what to do with them. > > This did actually work, but one had to really need it to go to the > trouble of using it. I did once and found it was hard to write and > fiendish to debug the abc. After that, I found I didn't really need > multiple voices *that* badly. (So, before putting in any <backup> > directives, I recommend experimenting to see how difficult it makes > reading, writing, and, especially, correcting the abc.)
Yes. I used it a few times, but it wasn't very nice to write; or to read, or to fix mistakes. I was delighted when I could translate them all for abc2mtex. -- Richard Robinson "The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
