Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Note typesetting for Linux
From: saraband (darwin886_AT_yahoo.ca)
Date: Fri Jul 09 2004 - 16:00:02 EEST
--- Immanuel Litzroth <immanuell_AT_enfocus.be> wrote: >
Mikhail Ramendik <mr_AT_ramendik.ru> writes:
>
> > Hello,
>
> > Any sort of alphabetic medium for typesetting
> notes is about as "right"
> > for a professional musician as it would be "right"
> for a programmer to
> > somehow write programs in the language of musical
> score. So Lilyopnd is
> > simply off track.
> Can you explain why and "alphabetic medium" is not
> "right"?
>
> > The success of TeX for formula editing came, I
> think, from the fact that
> > TeX somehow matches the way a scientist *thinks*
> about a formula. But
> > IMHO, neither Lilypond nor any other alphabetic
> editor can approach the
> > way a musician thinks about score! And that's why
> this won't work.
> Can you explain how a musician thinks about a score,
> and how this cannot be
> expressed in alphabetic editor?
> Immanuel
>
> I'm not sure I follow Mikhail's argument, but for
the record, I am a working musician and I use PMW
(Philip's Music Writer) - a typesetting programme
similar to Lilypond. I've tried many programmes, and
I find coding (particularly with PMW) to be far more
intuitive and versatile than the pointy-clicky
commercial programmes.
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