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%%center Examples for new features in abc2ps-1.2.5
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%%center Oct. 5 1997
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%%freegchord 1 % abcm2ps: don't print 'b' as a flat sign
%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
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%%text Note: this line and the separator above are also associated with this tune.
%%leftmargin 3cm
X:5
T:Scotland The Brave
T:Demonstrating the Bagpipe Mode and Output Formatting
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%%subtitlefont Helvetica-Bold 16
%%composerspace 0.4cm
%%composerfont Helvetica 13
%%staffwidth 5.5in
%%scale 0.75
%%staffsep 55
C:Trad.
C:from PS file by Alan S. Watt
P:March
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:Amaj
B|{d}E2 {DADB}E>F {dGA}G{B}E {dGA}GB| {ed}e2{d}e2 {DAD}eB {dGA}G{B}E|
{DAG}A2 {d}c>A {dGA}GB {dGA}G{B}E|{DAD}F2{dBc}B2{E}B>c {d}B/2>A/2{d}G/2>F/2|
{d}E2 {DADB}E>F {dGA}G{B}E {dGA}GB| {ed}e2{d}e2 {DAD}eB {dGA}G{B}E|
{DAG}A2 {d}c>A {dGA}GB {dGA}G{B}E|{DAD}F2{d}E>F {D}E2 {dGA}GB||
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%%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