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# abcm2ps
### Overview
abcm2ps is a C program which converts music tunes from the ABC music notation
to PostScript or SVG.
Based on [abc2ps](https://github.com/methf/abc2ps),
the Postscript generator for ABC music notation by Michael Methfessel,
abcm2ps was first developped to print barock organ scores that have independant
voices played on one or many keyboards and a pedal-board
(the 'm' of abcm2ps stands for many or multi staves/voices).
Since this time, it has evolved so it can render many more music types.
Note that this program is at end of life. Its successor is
[abc2svg](https://chiselapp.com/user/moinejf/repository/abc2svg).
### Features
The features of abcm2ps are based on the
[ABC draft 2.2 (February 2013)](http://abcnotation.com/wiki/abc:standard:v2.2).
The differences are listed in the
[abcm2ps/abc2svg documentation](http://moinejf.free.fr/abcm2ps-doc/features.html).
### Installation and usage
The installation procedure is described in the file INSTALL.
To build the program with default settings run
```
./configure
make
```
Basically, the program usage is:
abcm2ps [options] file1 [file1_options] file2 [file2_options] ...
where file1, file2, .. are the ABC input files.
This generates a Postscript file (default name: `Out.ps`).
Run `abcm2ps -h` to know the list of the command line options.
### Documentation
- The file abcm2ps.rst describes all command-line options.
When `abcm2ps` is installed, this file may be displayed by `man abcm2ps`.
- The features and format parameters are described in
[abcm2ps-doc](http://moinejf.free.fr/abcm2ps-doc/index.html).
### Links
Author's page: [http://moinejf.free.fr/](http://moinejf.free.fr/)
To know more about the ABC music notation, have a look at
[abcnotation](https://abcnotation.com/).
Guido Gonzato maintains many abcm2ps binaries and more documentation at
[abcplus](https://abcplus.sourceforge.net/).
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