Circular Staff in Inkscape [was Re: Lilypond vs Score]

[M Watts]

> I have to admit - I tried it and it's not easy to get a staff to conform
> to a circle, for example. Maybe someone else can. My Inkscape skills are
> weak, though I love the software.


Not sure how to wrap the entire staff in a circle, but you can easily 
draw a circular staff in Inkscape:-

Draw a circle (F5) with Ctrl held down, 115 px in size;

Get outline only by Ctrl+Shift+F, click the X under Fill, and flat color 
(2nd left) under Stroke paint (or click the X near bottom left of 
window, and Shift-click a coler for line color);

Clone it 4 times (Alt + D);

Hit F1 and make sure the circle and all clones are selected by drawing a 
selection box around the circle (the status bar will tell you if they're 
all selected; you anly see the top one);

Open the Transform dialog (Shift+Ctrl+M), go Scale, width & height both 
110%, and make sure 'Scale proportionally' and 'Apply to each object 
separately' are both checked.

Click Apply :)

Btw, Inkscape has layers -- use them if you don't want to be constantly 
dragging the wrong notes and whatnot around.