On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Bernard Hill wrote:

> Is ~ a roll or a turn?

According to ABC 1.7.6, it's a roll:

<<
$ The standard set of definitions (if you do not
$ redefine them) is:
$ U: ~ = !roll!
$ U: T = !trill!
$ U: H = !fermata!
$ U: L = !emphasis!
$ U: M = !lowermordent!
$ U: P = !uppermordent!
$ U: S = !segno!
$ U: O = !coda!
$ U: u = !upbow!
$ U: v = !downbow!
>>

If the user wants different behaviour, he can change
the definition.

> [..] is the symbol for a chord, but I've seen +..+ also used

The + notation has since long been deprecated.

> Change of time sig (etc) can be done with [M:3/4] in
> the middle of a line or M:3/4 on a line by itself.

correct.

> But I've seen music with M:3/4 without brackets in a
> mid-line.

incorrect. Should give either a warning or an error
message.

> My biggest wail is the end-of-line. The standard says
> that the end of line is the end of music line (unless
> terminated with \ character). But many tunes have
> silly numbers of bars, on a line, like 10,9,1 on 3
> consecutive lines. Clearly needing relayout but then
> when to relayout a line, when not?

All the standard says is : << Generally one line of abc
notation will produce one line of music, although if
the music is too long it will overflow onto the next
line.>>

So a newline does not force (but only suggests) a line
break, and it is up to the program to come up with a
sound layout algorithm.


 Groeten,
 Irwin Oppenheim
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