----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [abcusers] multivoice & linecontinuation
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 10:56:15AM -0400, Laura Conrad wrote: > > >>>>> "Arent" == Arent Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Irwin> << % variant A > > Irwin> G2G2A4 | (FEF) D (A2G) G|\ > > Irwin> M:4/4 > > Irwin> K:C > > Irwin> c2c2(B2c2) | > > >> I think this is actually an example of a recommended syntax in some > > >> pretty widespread documentation. (Probably something that comes with > > >> abcMIDI or abc2ps.) So you can deprecate it, but you aren't going to > > >> be able to not handle it, if you want to deal with what's out there. > > > > Arent> Is it used often? > > > > I used to use it and stopped because I always let the software > > determine the line breaks for me. But if I were still expecting to > > determine my own line breaks, I might still be doing it that way. > > It was the original syntax, wasn't it ? It worked before the "inline > field" [M:...] syntax was introduced, so there may be a lot of older > tunes out there that have it. > > -- > Richard Robinson > "The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
