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