Chris, I was referring to Mick Pearce's posts at the thread "Midi, abc and words", not to any wisdom of my own. I am glad to read that his rather gloomy prognosis is not shared by everybody. Of course I know about the 2.1 standard as described on abcnotation.com, with its many "volatiles" (but to some extent supported by abcm2ps, in contrast to 2.0). Although I do not miss any feature at the moment, I am looking forward to the fruition you are announcing, to feel on safer ground.

I would appreciate if you and other discussers kept us informed from time to time.