EasyABC / Tickets / #89 missing some lines of the score

seymour shlien - 2026-10-26

Hello Wolfgang,

I tested your example on EasyABC-1.4.0.0.exe on Windows 11,
on the attached lightsOnTheOcean.abc. See the attached gif file.
As you can see, there are missing bar lines and closing repeat
signs. Attempting to play it caused abc2midi to crash.

I do not know why only the first line shows after the K:
command on your Windows 10 system. Thank you for testing
the new version of EasyABC.

Here are the Internals/Messages.

AbcToMidi
C:\Program Files (x86)\EasyABC\bin\abc2midi.exe - -o C:\Users\fy733\AppData\Local\EasyABC\cache\temp1036c6ff-63d7-4efb-a209-ad2971a812c4.midi -TT 440 -EA
5.03 April 26 2025 abc2midi
Error in line-char 30-89 : Chord already finished
voice mapping:
1
Error in line-char 33-57 : found another |: after a |:
Warning in line-char 33-57 : Assuming repeat
Warning in line-char 33-57 : replacing with double repeat (::)
writing MIDI file /C/Users/fy733/AppData/Local/EasyABC/cache/temp1036c6ff-63d7-4efb-a209-ad2971a812c4.midi
Error in line-char 30-73 : Need || |: :| or :: to mark end of variant ending
Error in line-char 30-51 : Need || |: :| or :: to mark end of variant ending
Error in line-char 33-57 : Missing :| at end of tune
Error in line-char 30-73 : Need || |: :| or :: to mark end of variant ending
Error in line-char 30-51 : Need || |: :| or :: to mark end of variant ending
Error in line-char 33-57 : Missing :| at end of tune
Error in line-char 30-73 : Need || |: :| or :: to mark end of variant ending
Error in line-char 30-51 : Need || |: :| or :: to mark end of variant ending
Error in line-char 33-57 : Missing :| at end of tune

AbcToMidi exited abnormally (errorcode 0x100)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Hanika" whanika@users.sourceforge.net
To: "Ticket #89: missing some lines of the score" 89@tickets.easyabc.p.re.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2026 5:44:54 AM
Subject: [easyabc:tickets] #89 missing some lines of the score

[tickets:#89] missing some lines of the score

Status: open
Milestone: 1.4.0
Created: Mon Oct 26, 2026 09:44 AM UTC by Wolfgang Hanika
Last Updated: Mon Oct 26, 2026 09:44 AM UTC
Owner: nobody

1.4.0 rc2 on win10. Almost everything works fine. THX.
But in some files it shows only the first line of the score. Other files work correct. Can't find the difference,sry. Here is one where is shows only the first line:
X:12
%%annotationfont Times-Bold 16
T:Lights on the ocean
C:Jens Kommnick
R:Waltz
Q:1/4=80
L:1/8
M:3/4
K:Gmaj clef=treble
%%score (1)
V:1
"D"DC |:"G" B,D G2 AB/2c/2 |"Em"Bd g2 "C" gg- | gd cB/2A/2 Bc | "D"B2 A2 DC |
"G" B,D G2 AB/2c/2 |"Em"Bd "G"gG "D"gg- | gd cA/2G/2 "D"AF | [1"G"G4 DC :| [2G2 gd de/2f/2 ]
|:"G"g2 f3 g | e2 d3 G | g2 d3 c | Bc A2 "D"de/2f/2 |
g2 f3 g | e2 d3 G |g2 dA/2G/2 AF | [1G2 gd de/2f/2 :|[2 G4 ||

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Wolfgang Hanika - 2026-10-26

Thanks for the feedback. The missing barlines seem to be a transmission (coding) problem. Does not happen here.
But I found where the problem lies. In the *.fmt file.
With the easy standard formatfile, all is well. I use one with makros for the hammered dulcimer . I have to dive deep in this old files to see what my problem is in detail.

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Wolfgang Hanika - 2026-10-28

the problem is in abcm2ps. Maybe there were some changes from the old version. So, my postscript code (copied from David Lacroix (2013) for version 7.x.x). I fixed it formy needs with the help of Chatgpt. So now for me the ticket can be closed.
(just for information: I use brackets for Hammered dulcimer to indicate douple hits, right hand: top, left hand: below)
the new feature "interactive html" loses these brackets.

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James Hall - 2026-10-29

I pasted the tune in and tried to play it and it locked up. I pasted it into a text editor and then pasted back to EasyABC and with a few edits it worked. Very pretty tune by the way. (would it be possible for EasyABC to strip out invisible Ascii characters?)
X:12
T:Lights on the ocean
C:Jens Kommnick
P:(AB)2
R:waltz
Q:1/4=80
L:1/8
M:3/4
K:Gmaj
[P:A]"D"DC |:"G" B,D G2 AB/2c/2 |"Em"Bd g2 "C" gg- | gd cB/2A/2 Bc | "D"B2 A2 DC |
"G" B,D G2 AB/2c/2 |"Em"Bd "G"gG "D"gg- | gd cA/2G/2 "D"AF |1"G"G4 DC :|2"G"G2 gd de/2f/2|]
[P:B]|:"G"g2 f3 g |"Em" e2 d3 G | "C"g2 d3 c | "D"Bc A2 de/2f/2 |
"G"g2 f3 g | "Em"e2 d3 G |"C"g2 d"D"A/2G/2 AF |1"G"G2 gd de/2f/2 :|2"D" G4 |]

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- seymour shlien - 2026-10-29
  
  Hello James,
  
  You are handling of repeats is not correct. Here is how your file should look like.
  
  X:12
  T:Lights on the ocean
  C:Jens Kommnick
  P:(AB)2
  R:waltz
  Q:1/4=80
  L:1/8
  M:3/4
  K:Gmaj
  [P:A]"D"DC |:"G" B,D G2 AB/2c/2 |"Em"Bd g2 "C" gg- | gd cB/2A/2 Bc | "D"B2 A2 DC |
  "G" B,D G3 AB/2c/2 |"Em"Bd "G"gG "D"gg- | gd cA/2G/2 "D"AF |[1"G"G4 DC :|[2:"G"G2 gd de/2f/2|
  [P:B]|"G"g2 f3 g |"Em" e2 d3 G | "C"g2 d3 c | "D"Bc A2 de/2f/2 |
  "G"g2 f3 g | "Em"e2 d3 G |"C"g2 d"D"A/2G/2 AF |[1"G"G2 gd :|[2 de/2f/2 2"D" G4 |]
  
  Seymour
  
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "James Hall" hallflutes@users.sourceforge.net
  To: "Ticket 89, missing some lines of the score" 89@tickets.easyabc.p.re.sourceforge.net
  Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2026 2:01:03 AM
  Subject: [easyabc:tickets] #89 missing some lines of the score
  
  I pasted the tune in and tried to play it and it locked up. I pasted it into a text editor and then pasted back to EasyABC and with a few edits it worked. Very pretty tune by the way. (would it be possible for EasyABC to strip out invisible Ascii characters?)
  X:12
  T:Lights on the ocean
  C:Jens Kommnick
  P:(AB)2
  R:waltz
  Q:1/4=80
  L:1/8
  M:3/4
  K:Gmaj
  [P:A]"D"DC |:"G" B,D G2 AB/2c/2 |"Em"Bd g2 "C" gg- | gd cB/2A/2 Bc | "D"B2 A2 DC |
  "G" B,D G2 AB/2c/2 |"Em"Bd "G"gG "D"gg- | gd cA/2G/2 "D"AF |1"G"G4 DC :|2"G"G2 gd de/2f/2|]
  [P:B]|:"G"g2 f3 g |"Em" e2 d3 G | "C"g2 d3 c | "D"Bc A2 de/2f/2 |
  "G"g2 f3 g | "Em"e2 d3 G |"C"g2 d"D"A/2G/2 AF |1"G"G2 gd de/2f/2 :|2"D" G4 |]
  
  [tickets:#89] missing some lines of the score
  
  Status: open
  Milestone: 1.4.0
  Created: Mon Oct 26, 2026 09:44 AM UTC by Wolfgang Hanika
  Last Updated: Wed Oct 28, 2026 04:50 PM UTC
  Owner: nobody
  
  1.4.0 rc2 on win10. Almost everything works fine. THX.
  But in some files it shows only the first line of the score. Other files work correct. Can't find the difference,sry. Here is one where is shows only the first line:
  X:12
  %%annotationfont Times-Bold 16
  T:Lights on the ocean
  C:Jens Kommnick
  R:Waltz
  Q:1/4=80
  L:1/8
  M:3/4
  K:Gmaj clef=treble
  %%score (1)
  V:1
  "D"DC |:"G" B,D G2 AB/2c/2 |"Em"Bd g2 "C" gg- | gd cB/2A/2 Bc | "D"B2 A2 DC |
  "G" B,D G2 AB/2c/2 |"Em"Bd "G"gG "D"gg- | gd cA/2G/2 "D"AF | [1"G"G4 DC :| [2G2 gd de/2f/2 ]
  |:"G"g2 f3 g | e2 d3 G | g2 d3 c | Bc A2 "D"de/2f/2 |
  g2 f3 g | e2 d3 G |g2 dA/2G/2 AF | [1G2 gd de/2f/2 :|[2 G4 ||
  
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