Eric wrote > So this way, by allowing !, !...! and *=!, everyone would be > happy, and I don't know the reason why this thread lasts so long.
The reason the thread is lasting so long is that not everyone would be happy with this. The use of abc for printing classical etc music is fairly recent and is to be encouraged but not if it messes up the abc of the original folk users. I vote to change the !--! usage to *--* or some other unused symbol. Ray To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
