Yahoo Tuning Groups Ultimate Backup tuning old paper by Gene

hey all (especially Gene),

look what i found while snooping around, from 10 Mar 1994:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?R27E13712

>> (Larry Polansky) said:
>>
>> > yes... we noticed that too, and it's nice
>> > (computationally). i wonder if anyone else out there
>> > has found anything about the representation that
>> > engenders some new insights about the ideas ... by
>> > that i mean, does thinking about the tuning space
>> > not as a "lattice" but as a well-behaved vector
>> > mathematics entity yield some new ideas about the
>> > structure of tuning spaces?
>>
>>
>> "Gene Ward Smith, when he was at Berkeley, wrote a paper
>> called TRANSFORMATION AND INVARIANCE IN MUSIC THEORY
>> that makes extensive use of this notation. The paper
>> has a lot of abstract algebra in it, and probably can't
>> be followed by someone without an undergraduate
>> understanding of both algebra and tuning. I have a copy
>> of the troff input for the paper that I think I can send
>> to interested parties (I believe that GWS made it freely
>> available.) Send email to me:
>> Tom Duff"

-monz
"all roads lead to n^0"

I've been fooling with various versions of UNIX since 1986. I've been
exposed to "troff" files but thankfully have always had more advanced text
processors available. Anyhow, here's a bit of "nostalgia" for you old UNIX
hands:

GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1)

NAME
echo - echo arguments

SYNOPSIS
echo [ options ] ...

DESCRIPTION
_Echo_ writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated
by a newline on the standard output. Options to filter and
redirect the output are as follows:

-2 generate rhyming couplets from keywords
-3 generate Haiku verse from keywords
-5 generate limerick from keywords
-a convert ASCII to ASCII
-A disambiguate sentence structure
-b generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x)
-B issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed
-c simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s)
-C remove copyright notice(s)
-d define new echo switch map
-D delete all ownership information from system files
-e evaluate lisp expression(s)
-E convert ASCII to Navajo
-f read input from file
-F transliterate to french
-g generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases
-G prepend GNU manifesto
-h halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and
VAXen, not supported on NOS-2)
-i emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported)
-I emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibulae
supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS

Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 1

GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1)

Reference Manual rev 3.2.6)

-J generate junk mail
-j justify text (see -b option)
-k output "echo" software tools
-K delete privileged accounts
-l generate legalese equivalent
-L load echo modules
-M generate mail
-N send output to all reachable networks (usable with -J,
-K, -h options)
-n do not add newline to the output
-o generate obscene text
-O clean up dirty language
-p decrypt and print /etc/passwd
-P port echo to all reachable networks
-P1 oolcay itay
-q query standard input for arguments
-r read alternate ".echo" file on start up
-R change root password to "RMS"
-s suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD
4.2 only)
-S translate to swahili
-T emulate TCP/IP handler
-t issue troff output
-u issue unix philosophy essay
-v generate reverberating echo
-V print debugging information

Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 2

GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1)

-x decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX
3.8, not distributed outside continental US)

_Echo_ is useful for producing diagnostics in shell programs
and for writing constant data on pipes. To send diagnostics
to the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'.

AUTHOR
Richard M. Stallman

Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 3

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
mailto: znmeb@borasky-research.net
http://www.borasky-research.net

Coaching: It's Not Just for Athletes Any More!

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Szanto [mailto:JSZANTO@ADNC.COM]
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 1:05 AM
To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [tuning] Re: old paper by Gene

--- In tuning@y..., "Gene Ward Smith" <genewardsmith@j...> wrote:
> Thanks. I wonder if he still has that troff file?

Not to mention I wonder how many (around here) know what a troff file is!
Probably not the younger members of the audience... or is it still common in
the *nix world?

Cheers,
Jon

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old paper by Gene

🔗monz <monz@attglobal.net>

🔗Gene Ward Smith <genewardsmith@juno.com>

🔗Jon Szanto <JSZANTO@ADNC.COM>

🔗M. Edward Borasky <znmeb@aracnet.com>

🔗Gene Ward Smith <genewardsmith@juno.com>