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Add .abc to the allowed file types
« on: June 17, 2015, 08:16:26 PM »

Can we please add .abc to the list of allowed formats. Pretty please.

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Re: Add .abc to the allowed file types
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2015, 08:29:29 PM »

I would support that, it seems sensible.  I take your word for it that it would be useful to ABC'ers.
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Re: Add .abc to the allowed file types
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2015, 08:45:48 PM »

Just need Clive's input on this.
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Re: Add .abc to the allowed file types
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2015, 08:47:09 PM »

It's as much "dangerous text" as XML is, Clive  >:E
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Re: Add .abc to the allowed file types
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2015, 10:12:36 PM »

Obviously "useful to ABCers" in a sense - but including ABC in the text of a message is equally useful.
The workflow difference between click to download and copy/paste to a text or ABC editor is surely negligible.

I think the only reason for wanting to allow ABC as a file attachment instead is so that large ABC files can be posted without taking up a lot of screen space on a thread. I certainly see no objection to that as an option.
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Re: Add .abc to the allowed file types
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2015, 09:40:38 AM »

If our "code" window used smaller font, or if an [ABC] window could be facilitated could default to small font with a magnify button. The small computer (eg Raspberry Pi forums do this sort of thing?

Copy over would actually work fine from the small font window … text is text.

Actually, why does melnet even have a "code" window, almost never used. Whereas ABC is commonplace.
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Re: Add .abc to the allowed file types
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2015, 10:26:56 AM »

As an experiment I wrote this simple ABC file:

Code: [Select]
X:1
T:C Scale
L:1/4
M:4/4
K:C
C2 D E | F G A B | c4- | c4 |]

I loaded this into MuseScore using the ABC import plugin. From here I output my simple score as a PDF which I have attached below.

Next I saved the file as musicXML:

Code: [Select]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE score-partwise PUBLIC "-//Recordare//DTD MusicXML 2.0 Partwise//EN" "http://www.musicxml.org/dtds/partwise.dtd">
<score-partwise>
  <movement-title>C Scale</movement-title>
  <identification>
    <encoding>
      <software>MuseScore 1.3</software>
      <encoding-date>2015-06-18</encoding-date>
      </encoding>
    </identification>
  <defaults>
    <scaling>
      <millimeters>7.05556</millimeters>
      <tenths>40</tenths>
      </scaling>
    <page-layout>
      <page-height>1683.78</page-height>
      <page-width>1190.55</page-width>
      <page-margins type="even">
        <left-margin>56.6929</left-margin>
        <right-margin>56.6929</right-margin>
        <top-margin>56.6929</top-margin>
        <bottom-margin>113.386</bottom-margin>
        </page-margins>
      <page-margins type="odd">
        <left-margin>56.6929</left-margin>
        <right-margin>56.6929</right-margin>
        <top-margin>56.6929</top-margin>
        <bottom-margin>113.386</bottom-margin>
        </page-margins>
      </page-layout>
    </defaults>
  <credit page="1">
    <credit-words default-x="595.276" default-y="1627.09" font-size="24" justify="center" valign="top">C Scale</credit-words>
    </credit>
  <part-list>
    <score-part id="P1">
      <part-name></part-name>
      <score-instrument id="P1-I3">
        <instrument-name></instrument-name>
        </score-instrument>
      <midi-instrument id="P1-I3">
        <midi-channel>1</midi-channel>
        <midi-program>0</midi-program>
        <volume>78.7402</volume>
        <pan>0</pan>
        </midi-instrument>
      </score-part>
    </part-list>
  <part id="P1">
    <measure number="1" width="328.26">
      <print>
        <system-layout>
          <system-margins>
            <left-margin>0.00</left-margin>
            <right-margin>0.00</right-margin>
            </system-margins>
          <top-system-distance>180.00</top-system-distance>
          </system-layout>
        </print>
      <attributes>
        <divisions>1</divisions>
        <key>
          <fifths>0</fifths>
          <mode>major</mode>
          </key>
        <time>
          <beats>4</beats>
          <beat-type>4</beat-type>
          </time>
        </attributes>
      <note default-x="79.15" default-y="-50.00">
        <pitch>
          <step>C</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
          </pitch>
        <duration>2</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>half</type>
        <stem>up</stem>
        </note>
      <note default-x="189.15" default-y="-45.00">
        <pitch>
          <step>D</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
          </pitch>
        <duration>1</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>up</stem>
        </note>
      <note default-x="257.91" default-y="-40.00">
        <pitch>
          <step>E</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
          </pitch>
        <duration>1</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>up</stem>
        </note>
      </measure>
    <measure number="2" width="277.53">
      <note default-x="12.00" default-y="-35.00">
        <pitch>
          <step>F</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
          </pitch>
        <duration>1</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>up</stem>
        </note>
      <note default-x="77.98" default-y="-30.00">
        <pitch>
          <step>G</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
          </pitch>
        <duration>1</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>up</stem>
        </note>
      <note default-x="143.97" default-y="-25.00">
        <pitch>
          <step>A</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
          </pitch>
        <duration>1</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>up</stem>
        </note>
      <note default-x="209.95" default-y="-20.00">
        <pitch>
          <step>B</step>
          <octave>4</octave>
          </pitch>
        <duration>1</duration>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>quarter</type>
        <stem>down</stem>
        </note>
      </measure>
    <measure number="3" width="232.69">
      <note default-x="12.00" default-y="-15.00">
        <pitch>
          <step>C</step>
          <octave>5</octave>
          </pitch>
        <duration>4</duration>
        <tie type="start"/>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>whole</type>
        <notations>
          <tied type="start"/>
          </notations>
        </note>
      </measure>
    <measure number="4" width="238.69">
      <note default-x="12.00" default-y="-15.00">
        <pitch>
          <step>C</step>
          <octave>5</octave>
          </pitch>
        <duration>4</duration>
        <tie type="stop"/>
        <voice>1</voice>
        <type>whole</type>
        <notations>
          <tied type="stop"/>
          </notations>
        </note>
      <barline location="right">
        <bar-style>light-heavy</bar-style>
        </barline>
      </measure>
    </part>
  </score-partwise>

Finally I exported the file in compressed MuseScore format (mscz), which I have also attached below.

By way of comparison file sizes are listed below:

abc61bytes
xml(uncompressed musicXML)5.1kB
mxl(compressed musicXML)1.5kB
mscz1.4kB
pdf10.6kB

IMO ABC is clearly the most efficient format for exchange. It is also much easier on the eye than musicXML. That said, the other formats are efficient carriers with relatively small file sizes. The pdf file has the largest file size and also requires Acrobat reader, or other software to be read.

The conclusion here is that the existing options for file attachment are capable of working with a wide variety of formats and perhaps the most efficient mechanism for exchange would be to include ABC as code, with an attached image file (jpg or png) for reference.
« Last Edit: June 18, 2015, 10:37:29 AM by Mike Hirst »
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Re: Add .abc to the allowed file types
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2015, 10:54:57 AM »

.abc will be added shortly.
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