On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 07:11:05PM -0400, Steven Bennett wrote: > > ... (IMHO, > there should be NO data in an ABC2 file which exists outside the context of > the current tune -- I don't know if anyone else agrees with this, but it > makes the most sense to me...)
While I usually have pure abc files, I've seen a lot of the uses of abc mixed with text. You see it all the time on some musical mailing lists. As part of a discussion, someone includes a tune or three in abc form. It's really convenient to be able to take the message, feed it unaltered to abc2ps, and see the staff notation. Of course, it doesn't always work out that well. Long lines get wrapped, and it looks really stupid on the screen. So you have to go back, edit the message, and try again. And people don't always remember to put a blank line after the tune, producing a bit of extra "modern" music at the end. But a lot of the time, it works just fine. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
