[abcusers] Announce: new ABC manual

2002-06-27 Thread Guido Gonzato
Hello, I have nearly finished a new manual: "Typesetting Music with ABC", preliminary version available in PDF format from http://abcplus.sourceforge.net. I usually write my stuff in English, but this guide is written in Italian. Therefore, it won't be much useful to English speakers; however, a

Re: [abcusers] Announce: new ABC manual

2002-06-27 Thread Ulf
> I have nearly finished a new manual: "Typesetting Music with ABC", > preliminary version available in PDF format from > http://abcplus.sourceforge.net. Excellent work !!! Congratulations! I'll stick to the Italian version. It is extremely easy to understand. You are a most skilful teacher. U

[abcusers] Zouki?

2002-06-27 Thread Hartmut Wiechern
Hello, shortly Zouki (?) announced his wbesite with abc tunes. I lost his address? Cann somebody help me please? H. Wiechern To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html

[abcusers] Anarchy

2002-06-27 Thread Bryancreer
John Chambers wrote - >Well, actually, last evening at this time I was playing music at a >contra dance with some nice people. I'm delighted to hear it. Do all these nice people share the same self-centred "I want it my way and no other." that you seem to think is completely standard h

OT: [abcusers] Announce: new ABC manual

2002-06-27 Thread Atte Andre Jensen
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Ulf wrote: > > I have nearly finished a new manual: "Typesetting Music with ABC", > > preliminary version available in PDF format from > > http://abcplus.sourceforge.net. > > Excellent work !!! Congratulations! > > I'll stick to the Italian version. It is extremely easy to un

Re: [abcusers] Anarchy

2002-06-27 Thread John Chambers
Bryan Creer wrote: | John Chambers wrote - | >Well, actually, last evening at this time I was playing music at a | >contra dance with some nice people. | | I'm delighted to hear it. Do all these nice people share the same | self-centred "I want it my way and no other." that you seem to think

Re: [abcusers] Zouki?

2002-06-27 Thread John McChesney-Young
H. Wiechern wrote: >shortly Zouki (?) announced his website with abc tunes. I lost his >address? Can somebody help me please? >> I don't recall seeing it posted here on [abcusers], only on Itrad-l, but it was moved to: http://www.qmcorp.net/zouki/webabc/abc_index.html John *** John McChes

Re: OT: [abcusers] Announce: new ABC manual

2002-06-27 Thread Ulf
> You never cease to amaze me, Ulf! Exactly *how* many languages do you > speak fluently? I know of four by now :-) I don't speak Italian. But I do understand that manual with only an occasional glance in the dictionnary. You will too, I'm sure, because it is really well written. Hoe zegt man d

[abcusers] modes (again)

2002-06-27 Thread Forgeot Eric
>| ... It was already too late to change when I first mentioned it. Since it's not possible to add a new field dedicated to mode, I thought it was possible to write 2 K: fields in a tune, if necessary : the first one for the signature, and the second one to *precise* the mode used, so clever app

[abcusers] Muse

2002-06-27 Thread Forgeot Eric
>And incidentally, was Muse one of the programs that you tried? Yes, the first programs I tried when I first heard of abc (when I discovered internet as well) were Muse and Abc2win. To be honest, I was first reluctant to Muse because of the drawing of the notes. But I tried it anyway and find

Re: [abcusers] modes (again)

2002-06-27 Thread Wendy Galovich
On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 17:59, Forgeot Eric wrote: > >| ... It was already too late to change when I first mentioned > it. > > Since it's not possible to add a new field dedicated to mode, I > thought it was possible to write 2 K: fields in a tune, if > necessary : the first one for the signature,

Re: [abcusers] modes (again)

2002-06-27 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
Laurie>Sure, but I've seen quite a few tunes with K:D and then every single C in the piece naturalised. In those cases invariably the description is half right - the tonic D is right, but the mode is wrong. Eric> so does it means the right notation was to write K:Dm ? Probably K:Ddor Dm tends

Re: [abcusers] Muse

2002-06-27 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
Thanks. Muse2 (hopefully out in another month or so) has prettier notes. The restriction on different notes starting at the same time has gone away. that probably blows away some of your tab problems too. The options for setting up tab generation are probably going to be fixed in the release afte

Re: [abcusers] Anarchy

2002-06-27 Thread Laurie (ukonline)
Yawn. Sigh. Look. If you think you are the only fellow allowed an opinion then you are crazy, so I'll presume that you don't think that and you agree that others can have theirs. That includes me. You are for ever (and it has got boring) quoting people out of context and misquoting people. W

Re: [abcusers] modes (again)

2002-06-27 Thread Bruce Olson
Laurie (ukonline) wrote: > > Laurie>Sure, but I've seen quite a few tunes with K:D and then every > single C in the piece naturalised. In those cases invariably the > description > is half right - the tonic D is right, but the mode is wrong. > > Eric> so does it means the right notation was to