Re: [abcusers] linux only ?

2001-07-06 Thread John Chambers
| >(I have been tempted to translate abc[m]2ps to perl, just for the | >yuks, and for extra portability. Then it wouldn't have to be | >compiled. But I bet I'd get flamed because perl doesn't come | >pre-installed on all possible computer systems. ;-) | | Wouldn't the most p

Re: [abcusers] linux only ?

2001-07-06 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Jack" == Jack Campin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> (I have been tempted to translate abc[m]2ps to perl, just for >> the yuks, and for extra portability. Then it wouldn't have to >> be compiled. But I bet I'd get flamed because perl doesn't >> come pre-installed on all po

Re: [abcusers] linux only ?

2001-07-06 Thread Jack Campin
>(I have been tempted to translate abc[m]2ps to perl, just for the >yuks, and for extra portability. Then it wouldn't have to be >compiled. But I bet I'd get flamed because perl doesn't come >pre-installed on all possible computer systems. ;-) Wouldn't the most portable lan

Re: [abcusers] linux only ?

2001-07-06 Thread John Chambers
Frank Nordberg wrote: | James Allwright wrote: | > Unless it has changed radically since I last looked, it is a source code | > distribution that will compile and run on anything with a C compiler... | | That's really great, but there's still a minor problem. | | One of the basic ideas behind ABC

Re: [abcusers] chords writing in abc

2001-07-06 Thread Markus Lutz
On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 15:04:29 +0100, Phil Taylor wrote: PT> Frank Nordberg wrote: PT> PT> >2. The two programs require different ABC extensions, so you'll have to PT> >post two different versions of the file. PT> PT> Not necessarily. abcm2ps doesn't have the middle= directive, so the PT> tune has

Re: [abcusers] linux only ?

2001-07-06 Thread Frank Nordberg
James Allwright wrote: > > Unless it has changed radically since I last looked, it is a source code > distribution that will compile and run on anything with a C compiler... (and various people have commented on this...) That's really great, but there's still a minor problem. One of the basi

RE: [abcusers] linux only ?

2001-07-06 Thread Christophe Declercq
> De : James Allwright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Envoyé : vendredi 6 juillet 2001 14:03 > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : [abcusers] linux only ? > > > On Fri 06 Jul 2001 at 11:36AM +0200, Frank Nordberg wrote: > > > > 1. As far as I know both programs are single platform applications: > > BarF

Re: [abcusers] chords writing in abc

2001-07-06 Thread Phil Taylor
Frank Nordberg wrote: >To sum it up, both BarFly and abcm2ps seem to handle this particular job >fairly well - slightly better than I had expected, but there are still a >few problems: > >1. As far as I know both programs are single platform applications: >BarFly is Mac only, and from Jean-Franco

Re: [abcusers] linux only ?

2001-07-06 Thread Markus Lutz
On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:02:30 +0100, James Allwright wrote: JA> On Fri 06 Jul 2001 at 11:36AM +0200, Frank Nordberg wrote: JA> > JA> > 1. As far as I know both programs are single platform applications: JA> > BarFly is Mac only, and from Jean-Francois' site I gather that abcm2ps JA> > is Linux only

[abcusers] linux only ?

2001-07-06 Thread James Allwright
On Fri 06 Jul 2001 at 11:36AM +0200, Frank Nordberg wrote: > > 1. As far as I know both programs are single platform applications: > BarFly is Mac only, and from Jean-Francois' site I gather that abcm2ps > is Linux only. > Unless it has changed radically since I last looked, it is a source code

Re: [abcusers] chords writing in abc

2001-07-06 Thread Frank Nordberg
Markus Lutz wrote: > > On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 00:05:40 +0100, Phil Taylor wrote: > > PT> > PT> To be honest, I don't think there is really an abc-only solution > PT> for this kind of thing. > > Dear Phil, > look at > http://home.t-online.de/home/Markus_Lutz/Susato26.gif > > Its made with abcm2ps

Re: [abcusers] The Irish MP3 Player

2001-07-06 Thread Frank Nordberg
Phil Taylor wrote: > > (It's a Feadog tin whistle:-) > > Joke from an article in today's Guardian On Line section on music on > the web, which has quite a lot to say about abc and gives a mention to > Muse, BarFly and a paragraph to Frank's MusicaViva site. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archi

Re: [abcusers] chords writing in abc

2001-07-06 Thread Markus Lutz
On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 00:05:40 +0100, Phil Taylor wrote: PT> PT> To be honest, I don't think there is really an abc-only solution PT> for this kind of thing. Dear Phil, look at http://home.t-online.de/home/Markus_Lutz/Susato26.gif Its made with abcm2ps without any further editing, after having tra