I also wonder if you might be able to set up an interface to abc2mtex similar to the abcm2ps. John Walsh suggested abc2mtex has the indexing feature and maybe that could go to postscript. Or maybe the capability is in abcm2ps and I just haven't discovered it??
Would your suggestion work? I think so, but as you admit the abcm2ps can do a better job a parsing because it doesn't have to do it on the fly as Barfly does. So, I have some concerns about the output from what you are suggesting. I don't think you would need to work it into the current user interface though any more that transposition or some of the other things are worked in. Come to think of it: Might it work to create a file of incipits in a manner similar to what you do with transposition? i.e. create a new file with just the incipit in it. Then you'd only need to add the proper printing routine.
While I'm babbling about this: it would be nice to have control of the print size of the music. One might want to get many on a page and perhaps to get two columns on a page by keeping the output size small.
In sum: Yes your suggestion would probably work. If you decide to tackle this in any way and want to pass a beta this way I'll be happy to test it.
Chuck Boody
On Wednesday, August 25, 2004, at 07:01 PM, Phil Taylor wrote:
On 25 Aug 2004, at 22:47, Chuck Boody wrote:
Greetings,
I find that I frequently could use an index of an abc file (or set of files) that contains title followed by the first few bars (say 2-4). This would be invaluable for those situations where everyone remembers the title but not how it starts and for other such situations.
Is there a simply way to do this (on a Mac for me)? If not is this a feature someone might like to add to a program (Phil? Barfly?)
An index of incipits. It is a frequently-requested feature, and something I've been thinking about. Displaying such a beast in BarFly is difficult to fit in with the current user interface. One possibility would be to give the program the option of displaying only the first line, or the first n bars of each tune. Then you could select the whole file (or some subset of tunes) and print it.
Would that do?
Phil Taylor
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