On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Barry Say wrote: > I write ABC which fully conforms to ABC 1.6.1 and use > features of TeX to customise the output. This is > useful when re-typesetting music which is already > published when a new edition is required, and it is > necessary not to disturb the layout too much.
Barry, If the ABC 1.6.1 standard and abc2mtex provide in all your music typesetting needs, that is fine. Nobody on this list will take offense if you'll continue to use this program. The ABC 2.0 standard (and the software that will implement it) are for those who have different needs than you, so you should not be concerned with it. FWIW, the ABC 2.0 standard requires that all E: lines in the source code be simply ignored by complying programs. This means that is no problem to include an E field in ABC 2.0 code --- it just won't have any effect. Irwin Oppenheim To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
