Re: [abcusers] Indexing tunes
Hi, I didn't realize you wanted to print the incipit in staff notation. Try running abc2mtex -i file with the index.fmt file below in the same directory. It'll set up the incipits as normal abc tunes in the file index. Then run sort_in on it to sort by title, and print out the result with abcm2ps. (The backslashes are there to quote characters so that they'll print out literally.) There's more that you can do with the format file, by the way---check the file index.tex in the abc2mtex distribution for some ideas. However, if you want to format the output by, for instance, printing the title and incipit on the same line, that's between you and abcm2ps. Cheers, John Walsh ---snip here File index.fmt: \X\:X5 \T\:T55 \M\:M5 \K\:K6 |30 Note: Carriage returns are important. The \X should be on the first line of the file. Follow the |30 by _two_ carriage returns if you want a space between tunes. (You have to follow it by one CR in any case.) - You wrote: 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. Perhaps there is an index format that would keep the syntax, but I couldn't muddle it out of the index.tex file .. at least at first reading. Three thoughts: 1) The parsing is quick, efficient, and apparently accurate. If Phil is actually working on this perhaps the code would help him. 2) Does John, or anyone else, have the index.fmt that might do what I want? 3) Is there any consideration to adding an incipit format specification to ABC 2.0? Seems to me it would be most useful.. Chuck Boody For abc2mtex, you need a file index.fmt in the directory you want to index. Put T40 |30 in the file index.fmt. To index file.abc, type abc2mtex -i file sort_in at the command line. Then the list you want should be in the text file index in the same directory, sorted by tune title, with the first two or so measures given in abc. There are lots of other ways to do this---see the file index.tex in the abc2mtex distribution for the definitive explanation. of the whole indexing facility. It's true as Phil says that abc2mex can be a real pain to set up, since you also need TeX, which itself is non-trivial to set up. However, that doesn't enter here. The sorting part of abc2mtex works without having tex installed---it just writes a text file, and you take it from there. So all you have to do is to compile or download abc2mtex and sort_in. It seems a bit baroque to only use abc2mtex for indexing, but on the other hand, I've often found this indexing facility useful. Moreover, since the code is freely available, it might give an idea of how to add this type of sorting facility to other programs. Cheers, John To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Indexing tunes
| 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. Perhaps there is an index format that would keep the | syntax, but I couldn't muddle it out of the index.tex file .. at least | at first reading. FWIW, I wrote a simple perl script to generate incipits a few years ago. I tweak it now and then, depending on how I want it to behave by default. Anyway, if you have perl (and most unixoid systems have it these days, including linux and OSX), you could grab my script: http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/sh/abcincip It's a standard unix filter, taking a list of file names, or reading from stdin if there are no file names on the command line. It does want an extra first arg, which is the title to use in the output. If you make any significant improvements, let me know. I'd expect that a few other people have done something like this, too. Maybe we should make a collection of them. It's not what you'd call a huge job, but it's useful. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Indexing tunes
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 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. Perhaps there is an index format that would keep the | syntax, but I couldn't muddle it out of the index.tex file .. at least | at first reading. FWIW, I wrote a simple perl script to generate incipits a few years ago. I tweak it now and then, depending on how I want it to behave by default. Anyway, if you have perl (and most unixoid systems have it these days, including linux and OSX), you could grab my script: http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/sh/abcincip It's a standard unix filter, taking a list of file names, or reading from stdin if there are no file names on the command line. It does want an extra first arg, which is the title to use in the output. If you make any significant improvements, let me know. I'd expect that a few other people have done something like this, too. Maybe we should make a collection of them. It's not what you'd call a huge job, but it's useful. 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
Re: [abcusers] Indexing tunes with ABCMUS
I recently read about the ability to index tunes in one or more abc files using ABCMUS. Unfortunately, I have been unable to do so. Would some kind individual reply (maybe by private e-mail) with some simple directions about how to index the tunes contained in a single abc file. If I can get one done, multiple files should be easy from that point. For abcmus, click the file menu, go down to the entry Make List/Index/etc, click it (or just hit ctrl-shift-L). Go to List Type in the dialogue box, click to get the pull-down menu, and choose cheat-sheet. There are fields in the dialogue box to specify the file or files you want to index, and the file for the output in. There should be a T in the Sort field, so it'll sort alphabetically by title. Fill these in, and click Start. It'll write a text file with each title followed by the first couple of measures in abc. There are some other list types defined, and in addition you can also define your own type. You can play around with this to get it just as you want it. I don't know whether or not you have to register the program to use this feature, tho. For abc2mtex, you need a file index.fmt in the directory you want to index. Put T40 |30 in the file index.fmt. To index file.abc, type abc2mtex -i file sort_in at the command line. Then the list you want should be in the text file index in the same directory, sorted by tune title, with the first two or so measures given in abc. There are lots of other ways to do this---see the file index.tex in the abc2mtex distribution for the definitive explanation. of the whole indexing facility. It's true as Phil says that abc2mex can be a real pain to set up, since you also need TeX, which itself is non-trivial to set up. However, that doesn't enter here. The sorting part of abc2mtex works without having tex installed---it just writes a text file, and you take it from there. So all you have to do is to compile or download abc2mtex and sort_in. It seems a bit baroque to only use abc2mtex for indexing, but on the other hand, I've often found this indexing facility useful. Moreover, since the code is freely available, it might give an idea of how to add this type of sorting facility to other programs. Cheers, John To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
RE: [abcusers] Indexing tunes with ABCMUS
Thanks - I'll try and hope for the best. I'm registered so it should work. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] Indexing tunes with ABCMUS
I recently read about the ability to index tunes in one or more abc files using ABCMUS. Unfortunately, I have been unable to do so. Would some kind individual reply (maybe by private e-mail) with some simple directions about how to index the tunes contained in a single abc file. If I can get one done, multiple files should be easy from that point. I've attempted to output txt files and html files. The files are created, but with no tune information indexed. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
