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%%textfont Helvetica-Bold 21 %%center Examples for new features in abc2ps-1.2.5 %%textfont * 16 %%center Oct. 5 1997 %%textfont Times-Roman 16 X:1 T:Scale with Treble Clef M:C %%freegchord 1 % abcm2ps: don't print 'b' as a flat sign K:Amaj clef=treble% abcm2ps: must be forced because too low at the beginning L:1/4 "A,"A,,"B,"B,,"C#,"C,"D,"D, "E,"E,"F#,"F,"G#,"G,\ | "A"A,"B"B,"C#"C"D"D "E"E"F#"F"G#"G| "a"A "b"B"c#"c"d"d "e"e"f#"f"g#"g"a'"a | %abcm2ps: don't have a new key signature %K:C alto % text moved out of tune header - change in abcm2ps-7.x.x %%begintext alignHere is an example for a block of text which is associated with a specifictune. It will only be printed if this tune (number 3) is selected.The text should be placed after the "T:" field and before theblock is terminated by a blank line.Text which is outside a block isalways printed; for example, the title at the top of the page.%%endtext %%sep %%text Note: this line and the separator above are also associated with this tune. %%leftmargin 3cm %%titleleft %%titlefont Helvetica-Bold 24 %%subtitlefont Helvetica-Bold 16 %%composerspace 0.4cm %%composerfont Helvetica 13 %%staffwidth 5.5in %%scale 0.75 %%staffsep 55 %%vskip 1cm %%textfont Times-Roman 16 %%begintextSummary of changes:- Bass and alto clefs.- Vocals.- In-line info fields can be coded using [...].- Subtitles now printed without "or:".- Can be more than one composer field.- Predefined formats: standard, pretty, pretty2 (flag -p, -P).- Format page layout by .fmt file selected with flag -F.- Format page layout by %%-pseudocomments in abc file.- Other pseudocomments: %%sep, %%vskip, %%newpage.%%endtext