Index of /~jc/music/abc/src/abcm2ps

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[DIR] Parent Directory 07-Oct-2008 16:03 - [TXT] Changes 26-Feb-2008 11:00 17k [TXT] INSTALL 27-Jan-2001 02:16 1k [TXT] License 15-Aug-1999 17:52 18k [TXT] Makefile 11-Nov-2007 11:12 3k [TXT] Makefile.in 29-Sep-2003 04:23 3k [TXT] Makefile.w32 22-Jan-2003 06:07 1k [TXT] abc-draft.txt 27-Jan-2001 02:04 31k [TXT] abc2ps.c 01-Dec-2003 05:49 21k [TXT] abc2ps.h 02-Jan-2006 23:06 15k [TXT] abcm2ps 11-Nov-2007 11:13 362k [TXT] abcparse.c 15-Nov-2004 06:34 50k [TXT] abcparse.h 16-Jun-2003 04:14 6k [TXT] buffer.c 05-Dec-2003 05:06 12k [TXT] config.guess 11-Oct-2001 13:03 32k [TXT] config.h 16-Dec-2004 03:47 1k [TXT] config.h.in 17-Mar-2002 04:21 1k [TXT] config.sub 11-Oct-2001 13:03 25k [TXT] configure 16-Dec-2004 03:47 50k [TXT] configure.in 16-Dec-2004 03:47 1k [TXT] deco.abc 05-Apr-2006 15:26 12k [TXT] deco.c 18-Jan-2004 10:55 36k [TXT] draw.c 18-Jan-2004 11:04 60k [TXT] fbook.fmt 26-Oct-1999 14:47 1k [TXT] features.txt 22-Sep-2003 02:13 18k [TXT] fonts.fmt 26-Oct-1999 14:47 1k [TXT] format.c 28-Sep-2004 01:31 14k [TXT] format.txt 30-Jan-2004 02:56 17k [   ] install.sh 26-Jan-2001 14:26 5k [TXT] journey.abc 03-Jun-2001 11:58 1k [TXT] landscape.fmt 19-Aug-2001 02:48 1k [TXT] mtunes1.abc 18-Jan-2001 21:40 2k [TXT] mtunes2.abc 22-Apr-2005 13:53 4k [TXT] music.c 18-Jan-2004 11:18 68k [TXT] newfeatures.abc 22-Apr-2005 13:53 3k [TXT] options.txt 02-Sep-2003 03:26 4k [TXT] parse.c 17-Nov-2003 04:44 39k [TXT] sample.abc 19-Feb-2007 21:44 3k [TXT] sample2.abc 05-Mar-2004 05:36 4k [TXT] sample3.abc 01-Sep-2003 02:33 2k [   ] sample3.eps 18-Jan-2003 08:10 1k [TXT] subs.c 16-Dec-2004 03:49 20k [TXT] syms.c 03-Nov-2003 04:08 31k [TXT] tight.fmt 26-Oct-1999 14:49 1k [TXT] voices.abc 22-Apr-2005 13:53 3k

			--- abcm2ps version 3.1.x ---

Overview
========

abcm2ps is a program which converts music tunes from ABC format to PostScript.
Based on abc2ps version 1.2.5 (see Contacts below), it was developped mainly to
print barock organ scores which have independant voices played on one or many
keyboards and a pedal-board.


Features
========

The main features of abcm2ps are quite the same as the abc2ps ones and the
file 'features.txt' contains an updated description of these ones.


Installation and usage
======================

The installation procedure is described in the file INSTALL.

Basically, the program usage is:

   abcm2ps [options] file1 [file1_options] file2 [file2_options] ...

where file1, file2, .. are the ABC input files. This will generate
a Postscript file (default name: 'Out.ps' - run 'abcm2ps -h' to
know the list of the command line options).


Documentation
=============

- abc-draft.txt is the ABC draft on which abcm2ps is developped.
- options.txt contains the list of the command line options.
- format.txt contains the list of the format parameters.
- features.txt lists some differences from, and extensions to
  the ABC standard.


Differences with abc2ps
=======================

- the algorithms relative to voice and staff handling are different and may
  give better or worse results depending on the tunes.
- abcm2ps does not print the list of tunes and has different filtering
  functions. On the command line:
	- '-o' is implicit
	- '-e' accepts only one parameter.
	- '-C', '-R', '-S', '-T' don't exist anymore. If you want such
	  filtering, you should to use some external script or program instead.
- abcm2ps has no interactive mode ('-i' - did anybody use it?).


Limits
======

Many limits may be changed at compilation time (number of voices, staves, ..).
The current version does not handle correctly more than 2 voices per staff.


Contacts
========

The primary abcm2ps site is:

	http://moinejf.free.fr/

My friend Guido Gonzatto maintains Win32 and RedHat binaries at:

	http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/

abc2ps was developped by Michael Methfessel:

	http://www.ihp-ffo.de/~msm/
	mailto:msm@ihp-ffo.de

To know more about the ABC notation, have a look at:

	 http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/

For any comment:
	mailto:moinejf@free.fr