In fact if anybody has a commercial program which can import .abc files I'd appreciate hearing from them so you can try out .abc files with embedded lyrics. This includes Macs, Linux whatever. I'm very keen to hear from a Mac BarFly user please, because its reputation is very good in other regards. The only commercial prog which I've used a lot (and has only had one version in the last 5 years) is ABCMUS 1.1 - there's a new one due soon-ish.

ABC2NWC is a potentially very good prog for converting ABC notation to NoteWorthy Composer (incl lyrics), but it has a little bug which often stops all the lyrics from being converted. The author is working om another major development, but if we can isolate the factors that cause the problem he may be prepared to fix it. My bet is that it stumbles when it strikes a particular kind of notation which his parser rejects. No programming required, just a keen eye for pattern recognition in the ABC lyrics.

Regards, John

johninbrisbane@lycos.com