In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mr Scott
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 04:59 PM, Frank Nordberg wrote:
>>
>> No it isn't. ABC2WIN's ! syntax is breaking (no pun intended) the 
>> "official" ABC standard (as Chris Walshaw published it).
>
>To clarify, according to the 1.6 spec, one should be really using the 
>asterisk symbol to indicate a hard right-justified line break.  Is that 
>correct?

Well I've never seen it written in the spec...

>Interestingly enough, I can't find any mention of the use of "*" for 
>right justified line breaking in Guido's ABC 2.0 draft.  This draft 
>spec tentatively calls for the use of "!" for this purpose.

Probably because it wasn't in 1.x...


Bernard Hill
Braeburn Software
Author of Music Publisher system
Music Software written by musicians for musicians
http://www.braeburn.co.uk
Selkirk, Scotland

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