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?).




ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`
`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø

Latest update of this package can be found at  http://amiga.sourceforge.net/

ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`ø°`
`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø`°ø




·············································A·r·c·h·i·v·e··C·o·n·t·e·n·t·s··
LhA Freeware Version 2.2
Copyright © 1991-94 by Stefan Boberg.
Copyright © 1998-2000 by Jim Cooper and David Tritscher.

Listing of archive 'abcm2ps-3.5.3.lha':
Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------  -------------
   10183    3600 64.6% 28-Apr-03 16:53:02 +Changes
   11086    3317 70.0% 19-Mar-03 10:40:18 +deco.abc
   17790    7391 58.4% 18-Mar-03 07:36:58 +features.txt
   16247    4474 72.4% 13-Mar-03 07:53:14 +format.txt
    1390     749 46.1% 03-Jun-01 15:58:20 +journey.abc
   17982    6993 61.1% 26-Oct-99 18:45:46 +License
    2065    1009 51.1% 26-Oct-99 18:48:26 +mtunes1.abc
    3825    1458 61.8% 14-Sep-01 16:11:08 +mtunes2.abc
    3066    1459 52.4% 17-Jul-02 18:57:58 +newfeatures.abc
    3539    1662 53.0% 15-Jan-03 07:56:00 +options.txt
    2295    1142 50.2% 30-Sep-02 06:27:52 +README
    3501    1892 45.9% 22-Nov-02 09:24:08 +sample.abc
    3725    1684 54.7% 20-May-02 07:18:08 +sample2.abc
    2086    1013 51.4% 18-Mar-03 07:39:58 +sample3.abc
     193     143 25.9% 18-Jan-03 13:10:14 +sample3.eps
    3030    1685 44.3% 26-Nov-02 16:07:32 +voices.abc
   32083   12365 61.4% 27-Jan-01 07:04:00 +abc-draft.txt
  161524   84381 47.7% 06-May-03 22:14:30 +abcm2ps.020
  161160   84179 47.7% 06-May-03 22:26:54 +abcm2ps.060
  478164  188218 60.6% 06-May-03 23:43:04 +abcm2ps.mos
     553     274 50.4% 26-Oct-99 18:47:50 +fbook.fmt
      59      54  8.4% 26-Oct-99 18:47:56 +fonts.fmt
     147     105 28.5% 19-Aug-01 06:48:26 +landscape.fmt
     812     364 55.1% 26-Oct-99 18:49:54 +tight.fmt
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
  936505  409611 56.2% Operation successful.




_____________________________
.Readme created with:  MRea  \
==============================================================================
>»>»>»>»> Some additional info about this archive:

Source:   http://prdownloads.sf.net/amiga/abcm2ps-3.5.3.lha?download
FileSize: 410831 Bytes

CRC: 202A4A37
MD5: 47562787C03C6440DBE8B5703E1DE146
SHA: D2593C3A67B48A79134516B3D4E4793D749011D3
==============================================================================

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                 3600   10183  35.4% -lh5- 09be Apr 28  2003 abcm2ps-3.5.3/Changes
[generic]                 3317   11086  29.9% -lh5- ff3b Mar 19  2003 abcm2ps-3.5.3/deco.abc
[generic]                 7391   17790  41.5% -lh5- 58e2 Mar 18  2003 abcm2ps-3.5.3/features.txt
[generic]                 4474   16247  27.5% -lh5- a1ac Mar 13  2003 abcm2ps-3.5.3/format.txt
[generic]                  749    1390  53.9% -lh5- a38b Jun  3  2001 abcm2ps-3.5.3/journey.abc
[generic]                 6993   17982  38.9% -lh5- dc3e Oct 26  1999 abcm2ps-3.5.3/License
[generic]                 1009    2065  48.9% -lh5- cc93 Oct 26  1999 abcm2ps-3.5.3/mtunes1.abc
[generic]                 1458    3825  38.1% -lh5- 621f Sep 14  2001 abcm2ps-3.5.3/mtunes2.abc
[generic]                 1459    3066  47.6% -lh5- cd10 Jul 17  2002 abcm2ps-3.5.3/newfeatures.abc
[generic]                 1662    3539  47.0% -lh5- d73b Jan 15  2003 abcm2ps-3.5.3/options.txt
[generic]                 1142    2295  49.8% -lh5- 057c Sep 30  2002 abcm2ps-3.5.3/README
[generic]                 1892    3501  54.0% -lh5- 42c0 Nov 22  2002 abcm2ps-3.5.3/sample.abc
[generic]                 1684    3725  45.2% -lh5- 22bd May 20  2002 abcm2ps-3.5.3/sample2.abc
[generic]                 1013    2086  48.6% -lh5- 796b Mar 18  2003 abcm2ps-3.5.3/sample3.abc
[generic]                  143     193  74.1% -lh5- f20a Jan 18  2003 abcm2ps-3.5.3/sample3.eps
[generic]                 1685    3030  55.6% -lh5- 2421 Nov 26  2002 abcm2ps-3.5.3/voices.abc
[generic]                12365   32083  38.5% -lh5- 872b Jan 27  2001 abcm2ps-3.5.3/abc-draft.txt
[generic]                84381  161524  52.2% -lh5- e467 May  6  2003 abcm2ps-3.5.3/abcm2ps.020
[generic]                84179  161160  52.2% -lh5- 612d May  6  2003 abcm2ps-3.5.3/abcm2ps.060
[generic]               188218  478164  39.4% -lh5- fdbf May  6  2003 abcm2ps-3.5.3/abcm2ps.mos
[generic]                  274     553  49.5% -lh5- 1657 Oct 26  1999 abcm2ps-3.5.3/env;abcm2ps/fbook.fmt
[generic]                   54      59  91.5% -lh5- a86a Oct 26  1999 abcm2ps-3.5.3/env;abcm2ps/fonts.fmt
[generic]                  105     147  71.4% -lh5- cdc2 Aug 19  2001 abcm2ps-3.5.3/env;abcm2ps/landscape.fmt
[generic]                  364     812  44.8% -lh5- 3099 Oct 26  1999 abcm2ps-3.5.3/env;abcm2ps/tight.fmt
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        24 files  409611  936505  43.7%            Aug 24  2003