Re: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-28 Thread Jack Campin
> I agree that installation is an important part of software > development. Ideally, this would be an ABC *users* mailing list... Well, users oughta get to grumble about what developers give them. My pet hate is excessive automation. I DO NOT want the process of installing system-critical soft

RE: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-28 Thread Ivan L. Bradley
Bryan, in the US, fake books are essentially books intended to help you 'fake' your way through a piece of music if you don't know it. They differ greatly in format, from just lyrics to lyrics/chords to lyrics and a simple melody line and, perhaps, chords. Usually they're for vocal music, since

Re: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-28 Thread Elizabeth B. Naime
To the best of my knowledge, a Fake-Book shows the tune's melody line and chords, usually given in standard dots-on-a-staff notation. This is enough information for a musician with practice at this to "fake it", that is, to play the tune with some spur-of-the-moment harmonization or accompaniment

[abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-28 Thread Bryancreer
Is discussing whether or not dicussing the distribution of DLLs is off topic, off topic? (I think I'll take a lie down.) Anyway, looking at what has happened on my own PC, the installation does not appear to have overwritten the existing comcat.dll which is newer than the one supplied with VB

Re: [abcusers] Change of e-mail address to

2000-09-28 Thread Toby A. Rider
n Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Bob Archer wrote: > Just to try and head off any further responses to this, this is an > automated ad for MSN Explorer. See the following sites for more information: > > http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/27/1438212.shtml > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C

Re: [abcusers] Musicator2abc-conversion

2000-09-28 Thread Frank Nordberg
Søren R Christensen wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > I have about 450 Musicator-files (.mct) with scandinavian folktunes which I > would like to convert to abc-format for web-distribution. They are > currently distributed as GIF-files (check: > http://www.folketshus.dk/folketshus/spillefolk/noder.h

Re: [abcusers] Musicator2abc-conversion

2000-09-28 Thread jc
S=F8ren writes: | | I have about 450 Musicator-files (.mct) with scandinavian folktunes which= | I | would like to convert to abc-format for web-distribution. They are | currently distributed as GIF-files (check: | http://www.folketshus.dk/folketshus/spillefolk/noder.html) which

Re: [abcusers] New Orleans Jazz

2000-09-28 Thread jc
Atte Andr=E9 Jensen writes: | > Y'know, I've gotten a number of email messages from jazz musicians | > wondering the same thing. ... | | And one of them is me! What stalled me is the issue of copyright. I would | not have an official collection of abc's on my sitespace wit

Re: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-28 Thread Laura Conrad
> "jc" == jc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jc> Not sure I'd agree that it's off-topic. This is the "ABC users" list, jc> i.e., it's about a specific computerized music notation. Discussing jc> how to get software properly installed on users' machines strikes me jc> as highl

RE: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-28 Thread John Atchley
On Thursday, September 28, 2000 5:11 AM, Laurie Griffiths [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > John Atchley said "...Finally, it really is necessary to deliver DLLs with > most windows > applications" > > DLLs yes, but Windows System DLLs? (But this is getting off topic). > Laurie Depends on wh

Re: [abcusers] Change of e-mail address to

2000-09-28 Thread Bob Archer
At 02:04 AM 9/28/00 +0100, Richard Robinson wrote: >On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, David Uzcetegui wrote: > >> I'm writing to let you know I have a new e-mail address: >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. I recently began using a new product from >> Microsoft called MSN Explorer. With MSN Explorer, you can send and >>

[abcusers] Musicator2abc-conversion

2000-09-28 Thread S=F8ren_R_Christensen
Hi everyone! I have about 450 Musicator-files (.mct) with scandinavian folktunes which I would like to convert to abc-format for web-distribution. They are currently distributed as GIF-files (check: http://www.folketshus.dk/folketshus/spillefolk/noder.html) which are OK for screen-presentation, b

Re: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-28 Thread Frank Nordberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Not sure I'd agree that it's off-topic. This is the "ABC users" list, > i.e., it's about a specific computerized music notation. Discussing > how to get software properly installed on users' machines strikes me > as highly relevant to such a list. In my experie

Re: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-28 Thread jc
Laurie writes: | John Atchley said "...Finally, it really is necessary to deliver DLLs with | most windows applications" | | DLLs yes, but Windows System DLLs? (But this is getting off topic). Not sure I'd agree that it's off-topic. This is the "ABC users" list, i.e., it's about

Re: [abcusers] Distributing DLLs

2000-09-28 Thread Laurie Griffiths
John Atchley said "...Finally, it really is necessary to deliver DLLs with most windows applications" DLLs yes, but Windows System DLLs? (But this is getting off topic). Laurie To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html