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Viewing score and abc source of 'newfeatures_X2'

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%%center Examples for new features in abc2ps-1.2.5
%%textfont * 16
%%center Oct. 5 1997
%%textfont Times-Roman 16
%%freegchord 1	% abcm2ps: don't print 'b' as a flat sign
X:2
T:Scale with Bass and Alto Clef
M:C
K:C bass	% abcm2ps: no transposition
L:1/4
P:Bass
"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,"B,"B,"C"C |
P:Alto
%abcm2ps: don't have a new key signature
%K:C alto
K:clef=alto
"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"B"B"c"c |

% text moved out of tune header - change in abcm2ps-7.x.x
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%%endtext
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%%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.- Text output using %%text, %%center, and %%begintext .. %%endtext.- "x" functions like a rest but is invisible on the page.- Bagpipe mode for K:HP.%%endtext