Re: [abcusers] dynamics (was)

2001-11-01 Thread Richard Robinson
> You see, James, what you are suggesting is as useful as abc2midi... abc2midi is very useful. -- 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

Re: [abcusers] requesting goodies from developers

2001-11-01 Thread Gianni Cunich
- Original Message - From: "Jack Campin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [abcusers] requesting goodies from developers > Gianni Cunich wrote: > > [Gianni, please don't quote an entire message when replying; you quoted >

Re: [abcusers] dynamics (was)

2001-11-01 Thread Gianni Cunich
- Original Message - From: "Richard Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [abcusers] dynamics (was) > But "silly" is not the main point. I lost my temper, yes. For the second > time since this list was started. I am s

Re: [abcusers] dynamics (was)

2001-11-01 Thread Gianni Cunich
- Original Message - From: "James Allwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [abcusers] dynamics (was) James allwright wrote:   > I don't think you'll ever get the standards committee to speak as one> person with a u

Re: [abcusers] Announing a proposal (I.E WAS The day...)

2001-11-01 Thread Gianni Cunich
- Original Message - From: "Forgeot Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:59 PM Subject: [abcusers] RE : The day the music died! & voting for abc standard > Yes, I think it's quite boring to read all those endless quarrels > about the stan

Re: [abcusers] RE : The day the music died! & voting for abc standard

2001-11-01 Thread Phil Taylor
The trouble with propositions of this kind is that they tend to come from users who have experience with a very limited number of programs and usually on only one platform. What is being proposed here is that we all use abcm2ps syntax (plus a few enhancements) and abandon all other approaches. T

Re: [abcusers] dynamics (was)

2001-11-01 Thread jhoerr
On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > John is talking a lot of sense but still seems slightly ambiguous > about whether the documentation should be associated with one software > development or not. By way of analogy: The HTML specification is different from the Amaya web browser docume

Re: [abcusers] RE : The day the music died! & voting for abc standard

2001-11-01 Thread Frank Nordberg
James Allwright wrote: > > On Thu 01 Nov 2001 at 04:59PM +0100, Forgeot Eric wrote: > > > > Sharps, flats and natural signs may be indicated in guitar chords > > using '\#', '\b' and '\='. > > > > Sharps and flats are already indicated in guitar chords with # and b ! So let's just add the '='

Re: [abcusers] RE : The day the music died! & voting for abc standard

2001-11-01 Thread Laura Conrad
> "James" == James Allwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: James> On Thu 01 Nov 2001 at 04:59PM +0100, Forgeot Eric wrote: >> >> Sharps, flats and natural signs may be indicated in guitar chords >> using '\#', '\b' and '\='. >> James> Sharps and flats are already indi

Re: [abcusers] RE : The day the music died! & voting for abc standard

2001-11-01 Thread James Allwright
On Thu 01 Nov 2001 at 04:59PM +0100, Forgeot Eric wrote: > > Sharps, flats and natural signs may be indicated in guitar chords > using '\#', '\b' and '\='. > Sharps and flats are already indicated in guitar chords with # and b ! James Allwright To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to:

[abcusers] RE : The day the music died! & voting for abc standard

2001-11-01 Thread Forgeot Eric
Yes, I think it's quite boring to read all those endless quarrels about the standardization of a musical format I found already rather perfect : if it becomes too complicated, then there is not point using it instead of midi : I like ABC because it's easy and compact, and use a real midi sequencer

[abcusers] Scandinavian spirit (old msg) + some tunes

2001-11-01 Thread Forgeot Eric
>I suppose nobody at abcusers ever tastes anything with alcohol in it. No I don't, except in cakes or pancakes now. I became sober after having tasted in Norway "hjemmelaget whiskey" [homemade whiskey, a really horrible thing for health]... :) Speaking on Scandinavia, I'm trying to transcribe so

Re: [abcusers] (no subject)

2001-11-01 Thread Bryancreer
(Probably the best subject line yet.) John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said - >Why couldn't non-specificity simply be included as one of the project's >requirements? > >Here's more what I have in mind...  Picture your ideal standardization >committee/forum/whatever, and now simply imagine that same thing

Re: [abcusers] dynamics (was)

2001-11-01 Thread Bryancreer
Wendy Galovich said- >A Wiki page? See http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WhatIsaWiki > >What I'm thinking here is that if an editable page - say, a table listing abc >applications against each detail of the standard specifications, was publicly >available, a sizeable group of contributors co

Re: [abcusers] Multivoice doc

2001-11-01 Thread Phil Taylor
James Allwright wrote: >This explanation of octave= is not quite right. I suggest the re-wording > >Yaps and abc2midi support a simpler version of this, where the directive >octave=-2 causes every note to be treated as having a pitch two octaves >below the written pitch. > >The point being that

Re: [abcusers] dynamics (was)

2001-11-01 Thread Bryancreer
Richard Robinson said - >On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> .. Richard Robinson and others >> have argued that the development of the abc standard should be >> associated with a software project. > >I have reviewed all my postings to this thread, sin

Re: [abcusers] Multivoice doc

2001-11-01 Thread James Allwright
On Wed 31 Oct 2001 at 04:28PM +, Phil Taylor wrote: > James Allwright wrote: > > >It is still possible for someone who cares about an abc standard > >to help the process along; get hold of every abc program you can, > >go through them carefully and then document the compatibilities > >and inc