Sorry to put in yet another thread on abc's but I can't seem to find this out anywhere else !
Does anyone know how to sort an abc tunefile into alphabetical order - I have built up one large tune file which is in tune number order and want to permanently change it into alphabetical order, and periodically re-sort it when I have added some new tunes - I can sort the file in ABC2Win but when I save the new file it reverts to the original 'as-input' order. I can't seem to do it in abcmus so I'm struggling. The problem is that having got the tune file I now can't quickly find the tune I need (I want to use it in Palmabc which needs all the tunes in one file)
It has to be done in one file to allow Palm synchronisation to work easily
Any help would be appreciated
Approach this another way.
You can manualy sort the files alphabetically, by hand, and use ABC Tools to re-number the abc records within the file.
Same result - you just have to add subsequent tunes in the right place in the file and run ABC Tools again.
Note the re-numbered file goes into the results window.
James
Thanks for your suggestions - this is basically what I have been doing until now, but sorting the files manually is not a sensible option where you have hundreds (or thousands) of abc's in the file, (it would take hours) and also when you want to merge in a smaller file, it is not very helpful doing it one tune at a time - I find abcmus is the bestplace to do this manual operation, but although, as you say, it gives the same result, it will take for ever - surely there must be a way to sort the tunes within the file and then renumber, which would then take seconds
I want to put all the tunes in one file so that I can have them available on the palm at any time - anyone else have any ideas
abc - sorting tunes
abc - sorting tunes
Sorry to put in yet another thread on abc's but I can't seem to find this out anywhere else !
Does anyone know how to sort an abc tunefile into alphabetical order - I have built up one large tune file which is in tune number order and want to permanently change it into alphabetical order, and periodically re-sort it when I have added some new tunes - I can sort the file in ABC2Win but when I save the new file it reverts to the original 'as-input' order. I can't seem to do it in abcmus so I'm struggling. The problem is that having got the tune file I now can't quickly find the tune I need (I want to use it in Palmabc which needs all the tunes in one file)
It has to be done in one file to allow Palm synchronisation to work easily
Any help would be appreciated
# Posted on July 27th 2003 by Enob
Re: abc - sorting tunes
Approach this another way.
You can manualy sort the files alphabetically, by hand, and use ABC Tools to re-number the abc records within the file.
Same result - you just have to add subsequent tunes in the right place in the file and run ABC Tools again.
Note the re-numbered file goes into the results window.
James
# Posted on July 27th 2003 by James Devlin
Re: abc - sorting tunes
Thanks for your suggestions - this is basically what I have been doing until now, but sorting the files manually is not a sensible option where you have hundreds (or thousands) of abc's in the file, (it would take hours) and also when you want to merge in a smaller file, it is not very helpful doing it one tune at a time - I find abcmus is the bestplace to do this manual operation, but although, as you say, it gives the same result, it will take for ever - surely there must be a way to sort the tunes within the file and then renumber, which would then take seconds
I want to put all the tunes in one file so that I can have them available on the palm at any time - anyone else have any ideas
# Posted on July 29th 2003 by Enob