On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 18:39:44 -0500 Tom Keays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> > On the other hand, represented by Laura and whoever it was > that started off this thread, there is a desire to format the output > of abc files in a specific way so as to include the copyright > information in a manner comparable to how it is formatted on printed > sheet music. Well, that "whoever" is me, and this is *not* what I was asking for. I don't care if the copyright is printed or not (well maybe I do, but let me control that with a switch when I call my abc2ps converter) I was simply asking if there is a clean way to store information about copyright. > We're never going to get anywhere in this discussion because we all > have different preferences for how the output of an abc file is > handled. abc, like html, is meant to be a language for encoding the > content, not for specifying the presentation. I feel like you're educating me!??? No need to, since I agree :-| > In web pages, there is > an ever growing movement to separate the content from the presentation > -- html (or xml) for the content and cascading style sheets for the > presentation of the content. With two different style sheets, the same > html can be displayed completely differently according to the wishes > of the author. > > So how about the creation of a style sheet language to overlay on top > of abc itself? Well in a way some programs are almost there. For instance abcm2ps (which I use) let's you save your formating instructions (font sizes, margins, +more) in a seperate file and tell you tell abcm2ps to look there when converting to ps. -- peace, love & harmony Atte To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
