[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Frank Nordberg wrote -
An important point here is that BarFly has many of the same special features as abc2ps/abcm2ps/midiabc, only it uses different syntaxes.
Any programmers here that feel the call to create a nice little conversion program/script for the benefit of the world at large?
I'd much rather all abc software used the same syntax.
Yes, of course. That's one of the things Guido's ABC 2.0 will fill fix - hopefully... ... eventually.
Isn't BarFly doing just what ABC2WIN is criticised for?
No it isn't. ABC2WIN's ! syntax is breaking (no pun intended) the "official" ABC standard (as Chris Walshaw published it). The differences between the other major ABC applications are all about *extensions* to the standard: additional features different developers saw the need for and incorporated in their programs independent from each other and in different ways.
There is no standard for specifying midi program changes in an ABC file, so any claim that BarFly's way is wrong and abc2midi's is right (or vice versa) simply have no fundation.
Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com
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