Jethro writes: | I use this abc for obtaining, sending, transcribing and printing tunes - I | use emacs/xemacs as editor with abc-mode and then to produce top quality | printed music I use jcabc2ps - what is *wrong* with the abc2ps's ?? - I | like to use software that does one job - but does it very, very well.
I think that Guido was talking about the original abc2ps, which Michael Methfessel is not working on any more. Its descendants all have names that are variants with one or two letters added. They are probably all still in some "development" state, but the original abc2ps is basically a museum piece now. Not to say that it doesn't work; it works fine. It just lacks some of the goodies that are in the clones. Michael basically told us that he no longer had time to work on it, and tacitly encouraged us to take it and do interesting things with it. I also see clues that a number of people are using abc2mtex, though it may be restricted to those who have TeX installed for other reasons. I've wondered whether someone might like to take this over and rework it for the new standard. The result could be a very good music publishing tool. But as far as I know, abc2mtex isn't being worked on by anyone now. The source for both abc2ps and abc2mtex is all available for anyone who wants to work on them. | --On Wednesday, July 16, 2003 07:55:53 +0200 Guido Gonzato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | wrote: | | > Statement #2. My goodness, at last! Isn't it time we declare programs like | > abc2ps or abc2mtex _obsolete_ and _unsupported_? Isn't it time the ABC | > home page warned people against using these old programs? Why people still | > use abc2ps beats me. | > | > As long as we make the new ABC standard upwards compatible with 1.7.6, | > there is no problem at all. And about those broken old ABC files, I remind | > you that abcpp can fix most of them! To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
