Re: [abcusers] Accented characters in lyrics (abc2ps)

2003-06-30 Thread David Webber
From: "Guido Gonzato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > and many others. A more complete list will be available in the upcoming > ABC 2.0.0 draft. On that topic, let me add that the jump from 1.6 to 2 (rather than 1.7) seems well merited by the introduction of parallel voices, which is a very big improvemen

Re: [abcusers] Accented characters in lyrics (abc2ps)

2003-06-30 Thread Guido Gonzato
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, I. Oppenheim wrote: > This should also be addressed in the upcomming ABC > standard... I have already written a paragraph about it. > To use accented letter, type the following: > \`a => "a with grave" > \'a => "a with acute" > \"a => "a with umlaut" > \^o => "o with circ

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread Guido Gonzato
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, I. Oppenheim wrote: > I agree entirely. > Jef and Guido, are you willing to take this noble task > upon you? > I vote for you! I (Guido) agree. It's a sweet burden... Later, Guido =8-) -- Guido Gonzato, Ph.D. - Linux System Manager Universita' di Verona (Italy), Fa

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread Jeff Bigler
> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 00:27:36 +0100 > From: Bernard Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Chambers > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Bernard Hill writes: > >| In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Henrik > >| Norbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >| >There was a "standards co

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread John Chambers
Bernard Hill writes: | In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Chambers | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes | >Bernard Hill writes: | >| Just one comment: having a software developer in charge of standards is | >| a conflict of interests. S/he can drive the standard in the direction of | >| his/her own softw

Re: [abcusers] Accented characters in lyrics (abc2ps)

2003-06-30 Thread Frank Nordberg
Manuel Reiter wrote: ... but I'd very much appreciate a list of all (or most ;-) ) available accents. Go to http://www.musicaviva.com/abc/abcyclopedia/view.tpl?kw=Special%20characters (that URL is so long it may be broken up by some email client - if so, copy and paste - or you can go to http:/

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread Jon Freeman
Well, I'll poke my nose in... When we decided to start folkinfo, we decided to use abc and lyrics using the w:. The biggest problems we encountered was learning that the 1.7 thing is a draft and that there is no standard for the words. It also came as a shock to learn that what could work with abc

Re: [abcusers] Accented characters in lyrics (abc2ps)

2003-06-30 Thread John Chambers
Bernard Hill commented: | In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I. Oppenheim | >To use accented letter, type the following: | >\`a => "a with grave" | >\'a => "a with acute" | >\"a => "a with umlaut" | >\^o => "o with circumflex" | >\~n => "n with tilde" | >\,c => "c with cedilla" | > | | What's wr

Re: [abcusers] Accented characters in lyrics (abc2ps)

2003-06-30 Thread Bernard Hill
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alice Corbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I just plop the characters i want in the abc file, like, for example: > > z D E | G2 G G2 F | E2 E z F G | A2 G (FE) D | F2 E >w: vê- o et por- que jus- ti- ça tê- en d'el et de-* rei- tu-ta, > >I u

Re: [abcusers] Accented characters in lyrics (abc2ps)

2003-06-30 Thread Bernard Hill
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I. Oppenheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Manuel Reiter wrote: > >> could anybody give me any pointers aon how to include >> accented characters in lyrics with abc2ps > >This should also be addressed in the upcomming ABC >standard... > >To use acce

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread Bernard Hill
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Bernard Hill writes: >| In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Henrik >| Norbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >| >There was a "standards committee" (or some similar name) >| >some years ago. Don't remember who was on it, but I think i

Re: [abcusers] Accented characters in lyrics (abc2ps)

2003-06-30 Thread Alice Corbin
I just plop the characters i want in the abc file, like, for example: z D E | G2 G G2 F | E2 E z F G | A2 G (FE) D | F2 E w: vê- o et por- que jus- ti- ça tê- en d'el et de-* rei- tu-ta, I use jcabc2ps to render the file, but any program should be able to handle this

Re: [abcusers] Accented characters in lyrics (abc2ps)

2003-06-30 Thread I. Oppenheim
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Manuel Reiter wrote: > could anybody give me any pointers aon how to include > accented characters in lyrics with abc2ps This should also be addressed in the upcomming ABC standard... To use accented letter, type the following: \`a => "a with grave" \'a => "a with acute" \"

[abcusers] Accented characters in lyrics (abc2ps)

2003-06-30 Thread Manuel Reiter
Hi, could anybody give me any pointers aon how to include accented characters in lyrics with abc2ps or any of its clones? I didnt find anything in the current of drafted abc standards or in the abc2ps documentation. I have a file (found somewhere on the net) which includes "\'e" and produces an a

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread John Chambers
Bernard Hill writes: | In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Henrik | Norbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes | >There was a "standards committee" (or some similar name) | >some years ago. Don't remember who was on it, but I think it | >should be revived, with a chairman/leader. | | Just one comment: having a

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread John Chambers
Bert Van Vreckem writes: | I. Oppenheim wrote: | > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, John Chambers wrote: | >>| Cool. Thanks. First I'd heard. No mention of it on Chris's web | >>| site (still refers to it as draft and 1.6 as current). | >> | >>Maybe we should discuss labelling it the 1.7 standard? | | I don't

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread Bernard Hill
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Henrik Norbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >There was a "standards committee" (or some similar name) >some years ago. Don't remember who was on it, but I think it >should be revived, with a chairman/leader. > Just one comment: having a software developer in charge

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread Henrik Norbeck
There was a "standards committee" (or some similar name) some years ago. Don't remember who was on it, but I think it should be revived, with a chairman/leader. Henrik Norbeck, Stockholm, Sweden [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norbeck.nu/ My home page http://www.norbeck.nu/abcmus/ AbcMus

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread I. Oppenheim
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Bert Van Vreckem wrote: > What the abc 'movement' needs is someone who takes > responsibility over the standard. Personally, I would > propose Jef Moine and Guido Gonzato: Jef because he's > the developer of the (TMHO) leading abc package, > Guido Gonzato because of his vision

Re: [abcusers] ABC 1.7 standard?

2003-06-30 Thread Bert Van Vreckem
I. Oppenheim wrote: On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, John Chambers wrote: | Cool. Thanks. First I'd heard. No mention of it on Chris's web | site (still refers to it as draft and 1.6 as current). Maybe we should discuss labelling it the 1.7 standard? I don't post a lot to the list, but I can't let this pass w