Re: [abcusers] Composer/Lyricist Distinction
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Campin suggests: | Currently, the C: flag indicates the composer field. ABC shows its | instrumental roots in the lack of any way to specify that the words to a | song were written by someone other than the composer of the tune. Now that | ABC supports lyrics, this is a situation that's increasingly common for | notated songs. | | "A:" for "author" and ditch the present useless standard label for that field. I'll second that. I've had numerous uses for this, and "A" sure looks like the obvious choice. I wonder how many files use the current A header line? I don't recall ever seeing it outside the examples, but I haven't been looking for it, either. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Composer/Lyricist Distinction
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Jack Campin wrote: Currently, the C: flag indicates the composer field. ABC shows its instrumental roots in the lack of any way to specify that the words to a song were written by someone other than the composer of the tune. Now that ABC supports lyrics, this is a situation that's increasingly common for notated songs. Certainly, you can put both pieces of information in the composer field, but that limits your flexibility in searching and displaying the data. Of course, all the uppercase letters are in use for field flags, so I don't know what would be best -- maybe lowercase c: ? "A:" for "author" and ditch the present useless standard label for that field. *not* useless. I use it. :) We did this one a while back, didn't we ? Yes, my usage makes it a subfield of O:, and can't be parsed without a human brain if there is more than one value of O: But there it is. I saw an example, and used it in the way I thought it was meant to be used. etc etc. An alternative suggestion ... use "%%" and define your own header, to mean what you want. Give it a name specific to yourself so as not to conflict with anything anyone else has invented :- until-or-unless there is general agreement to use it (and, if so, on what it means). -- 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 __ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Composer/Lyricist Distinction
"Mark F. Heiman" wrote: I've got a suggestion for an addition to the ABC specification that I hope won't be too controversial. :] Currently, the C: flag indicates the composer field. ABC shows its instrumental roots in the lack of any way to specify that the words to a song were written by someone other than the composer of the tune. Now that ABC supports lyrics, this is a situation that's increasingly common for notated songs. Certainly, you can put both pieces of information in the composer field, but that limits your flexibility in searching and displaying the data. Of course, all the uppercase letters are in use for field flags, so I don't know what would be best -- maybe lowercase c: ? Is this something that seems valuable to anyone else? Definitely yes. Frank Nordberg To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Composer/Lyricist Distinction
Currently, the C: flag indicates the composer field. ABC shows its instrumental roots in the lack of any way to specify that the words to a song were written by someone other than the composer of the tune. Now that ABC supports lyrics, this is a situation that's increasingly common for notated songs. Certainly, you can put both pieces of information in the composer field, but that limits your flexibility in searching and displaying the data. Of course, all the uppercase letters are in use for field flags, so I don't know what would be best -- maybe lowercase c: ? "A:" for "author" and ditch the present useless standard label for that field. === http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ === To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Composer/Lyricist Distinction
Jack Campin suggests: | Currently, the C: flag indicates the composer field. ABC shows its | instrumental roots in the lack of any way to specify that the words to a | song were written by someone other than the composer of the tune. Now that | ABC supports lyrics, this is a situation that's increasingly common for | notated songs. | | "A:" for "author" and ditch the present useless standard label for that field. I'll second that. I've had numerous uses for this, and "A" sure looks like the obvious choice. I wonder how many files use the current A header line? I don't recall ever seeing it outside the examples, but I haven't been looking for it, either. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
