Re: Other programming languages & LilyPond

[SoundsFromSound]

David Kastrup wrote
> SoundsFromSound <

> soundsfromsound@

> > writes:
> 
>> A friend of mine, who is a long time Finale user, asked me today:
>>
>> "Does LilyPond allow you to use programming languages like Lua for
>> scripting
>> or functions to expand its capabilities? That's one of the things I love
>> about Finale nowadays....."
>>
>> I was not sure how to answer. Does LilyPond have any use (need?) to work
>> w/
>> Lua or other languages besides Scheme? Would that add anything to the
>> package or just be superfluous?
> 
> Scheme _is_ its scripting language.  
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> David Kastrup
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>>>>> Thanks David! That's pretty much where I stood on Scheme, but I didn't
>>>>> know how (or if) I should compare it to Lua, for example, for the
>>>>> conversation.


Janek Warchoł wrote
> 2013/12/2 Urs Liska <

> ul@

> >:
>> B)
>> As LP input files are plain you can use _any_ programming language to
>> modify, analyze or even generate LilyPond input files.
> 
> You may show him this post:
> http://lilypondblog.org/2013/07/programmatically-generating-lilypond-input/
> (or some other from
> http://lilypondblog.org/category/using-lilypond/advanced/)
> 
> best,
> Janke

Thanks! I will forward those links for sure.



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