>>I still have some problems understanding the %%staves directive,
>>and it still strikes me as being extremely cryptic compared with
>>putting the same information into V: fields in the header.
>
>
>>So what's the difference between
>
>You can look at
>http://anamnese.online.fr/abc/passemedio.pdf
Oh, I've got abcm2ps - I can figure out what it does for myself.
However, we're talking about a standard here, and it should
describe exactly how the format works. Anyone reading it
should be able to write a standard-compliant program given
that information, without having to look at the way another
program implements it. At present that's not true.
Sorry, but I do find this %%staves thing messy and ill thought
out. Here's another example. Piano staff, just two voices,
and for convenience I'll label them V:Left and V:Right.
%%staves {Right Left}
Notice anything wrong here?
There are some synths where you can re-program the keyboard so
that the high notes are on the left. Some people can even play
them like that.
And here's another - to turn long barlines off you add a | between
the voice labels. That's the abc bar line symbol, and it's being
used to mean "no bar line".
Phil Taylor
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