Re: Who uses Lilypond?

[Cameron Horsburgh]

I do!

I have three main uses for LilyPond.

First, I do a little bit of transcription/arranging/composing. I've just 
 completed a Brass Band arrangement of `The Entertainer' which I found 
on Mutopia. If anyone's interested, let me know (Lily7pond makes it look 
great, but can't make it sound any better... should I file a bug report? 
;-))

Second, I often have to write out nearly unreadable parts for the brass 
band I play in. A lot of that music is either extremely old or a tenth 
generation photocopy. And in days gone by the Bandmaster often used a 
Solo Cornet part instead of a full score, and the cue notes can make the 
thing well nigh unreadable. So LilyPond helps my sanity on Tuesday nights.

Third, and slightly off topic, I'm slowly teaching myself Python, and 
some of the scripts (convert-ly, for example) are good middle size 
programs for study. One of my aims in life (I really do need to get 
one..!) is to submit a patch for one of these scripts and have it accepted.

BTW, good thread.

Cameron