Re: [abcusers] Re : suggestions for [A4A2] notation

[ANewman110]

Wow, this is a long thread.  Between this and a zillion ads for Viagra that flood my mailbox every day (somebody on AOL really things I need viagra) its taken me some time to get caught up.
> Can someone explain why "first note determines length" is better than
> "shortest determines length". 
I thought somebody already gave an example where shortest note wouldn't work.  And in any case, the ABC author has control over which note goes first, but he doesn't have control over which note is shortest, since its the music that determines that. I guess one way to make sure your ABC code works either way is to always put the shortest note in a chord first.

I think iabc will follow the first note rule for both slurring and beaming.  Seems to make the most sense and the standard doesn't say.