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Midi interface in lilypond Re: Feeding a troll.
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charles |
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Midi interface in lilypond Re: Feeding a troll. |
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Wed, 02 Jan 2002 22:33:29 -0800 |
Sorry I wasn't a little more clear in first Email.
Its just that a more immediate method of displaying a screen output in
a page layout would go a long way to making
Linux computerized music typesetting more efficient.
To answer as to whether or not I'm a troll, well, if I was I sure
wouldn't be trying to help create something with no serious prospects
of financial pay back.
What I would love to see is a music notation device that could become a
swiss army knife to teachers, composers and any musically literate
player who uses a computer. If this imaginary system could be
encorperated in the linux os, all the better.
Funny though most of the musicians and teachers I know around here
(Victoria B.C.) use older Apples to typeset music, with either Encore
or Finale.
They usually complain bitterly about the price and most of them, because
of the cost, will not think twice about piracy.
Yes I have tried Lilypond but find that the process of visualisation of
its output from only its input language is a long climb, not unlike
writing in c++.
Not nearly as difficult as Musixtex, but still a long process.
A gui with a command line and some carefully thought out functions for
file and settings,
that could pipe its output to Lilypond and return a rewritten screen at
each entry should be possible.
If the system resource usages are planned very carefully, then newer
processors with adequate ram should have no trouble accomplishing good
output speed. I feel that this would greatly lessen the learning curve
in Lilypond and make quick accurate typesetting of original composition
possible.
Thanks for your reply,
Musically yours Eric Reesor
- Midi interface in lilypond Re: Feeding a troll.,
charles <=