1 .TH "LilyPond" "1" "1999" "abc2ly" "The LilyPond package"
5 abc2ly \- convert ABC to Mudela
9 abc2ly translates an ABC file (see
10 http://www\&.gre\&.ac\&.uk/~c\&.walshaw/abc2mtex/) input file to Mudela
11 (GNU LilyPond source format)\&. abc2ly is part of the GNU LilyPond
12 music typesetting package\&.
16 abc2ly [options] abc-file
21 Show a summary of usage\&.
22 .IP "-o, --output=\fBFILE\fP,"
23 Set \fBFILE\fP as default output\&. If nothing specified, output to stdoutt\&.
27 abc2ly is copyright 1996, 1997 by its authors\&. abc2ly is distributed
28 as part of GNU LilyPond, under the terms of the GNU General Public
29 License\&. abc2ly is provided without any warranty what so ever\&.
30 abc2ly may be freely distributed\&. For further information consult
31 the GNU General Public License, from the file \fBCOPYING\fP\&.
35 .IP "\fBlilypond\fP(1)"
36 The GNU LilyPond music typesetter\&.
40 \fBabc2ly\fP gets order of slurs, ties and chord endings wrong\&. Some
41 of the header fields are not fully supported\&. Music with lyrics will
42 print the lyrics doubly\&. \fBabc2ly\fP also gets confused about tuplet
43 endings\&. \fBabc2ly\fP does not use relative octaves\&.
47 Please consult the documentation file \fBAUTHORS\fP for more detailed
48 information, and small contributions\&.
50 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu\&.org>, http://www\&.xs4all\&.nl/~jantien
51 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs\&.uu\&.nl>, http://www\&.cs\&.uu\&.nl/~hanwen