well if my 2p are worth at least 2p to you, do it in ansi C if you want
anyone to use it. The advantages of portability and general
comprehensability outweigh some fun features that nonstandard extensions
may have. I like SNOBOL but I would avoid inflicting it on other people.
-Original
| I tried the instructions below (still looking for an index of
| incipits--how are you doing Phil ;) ? ). abc2mtex does indeed give a
| listing of Title plus the first bit of the tune in ABC. BUT, it takes
| things out of the ABC syntax, so the music can not be readily turned
| into notation.
Gee, an excuse to learn perl. ;) I'll give it a try, though I'll have
to learn how to use perl first. Yes, we should collect these things.
Incipts are terribly useful.
Chuck Boody
On Monday, September 6, 2004, at 09:41 PM, John Chambers wrote:
| I tried the instructions below (still looking
