Re: Lilypond Server

[Giancarlo Niccolai]

Alle 00:57, lunedì 14 marzo 2005, Giancarlo Niccolai ha scritto:
> Alle 08:26, domenica 13 marzo 2005, Szabó Árpád Zoltán ha scritto:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joshua KooOOoOOo" <address@hidden>
> >
> > > Possibles of disadvantages of HTTP upload method I think of is 1)
> > > Slower
>
> Hello. Plz forgive me for jumping in, but I have noticed a strange attitude
> of the lilipond developers in being able to turn easy things into
> complicated ones.
>

oh. I found the address by pure luck:


> Installing lilipond from scratch is hard. Installing it on a non-updated
> linux system is harder. Installing the bleeding edge lilipond requires a
> Wizard (having a lot of time to spend at that). Installing the bleeding
> edge lilypond on windows is a nightmare, and a Warlock may not be enough.
>
> With this in mind, I sense it is quite essential for lilipond to survive
> and grow to provide this service.
>
> I have seen a similar thing implemented for LUTE tabulature (don't have the
> reference handy; search lute tabulature email service). Actually, they have
> provided a mail service: you send the source lute tabulature file (which
> are, btw, a little less fuzzy in grammar than ly) as an attachment via
> e-mail to a bot. Then, it makes the .PDF (or .PS on request via some e-mail
> body command), and it sends it back to you via e-mail.
>
> This method has the advantage to allow very sparse CPU power at server
> side, and zero on-line responsiveness. Actually, all the process (from
> input to the final rendered service) is done batch, by a bot that can be
> configured with a few perl (or even bash) commands, using the preferred
> account.
>
> Also, IMHO the on-line PHP method may go, but it would require bandwitch,
> CPU and higher security constranits... and after all, it would be probably
> less useful to final users, unless they need ly to get a 3 bar test score.
> But for a serious composition (i.e. 8 page orchestration at least), you are
> probably better trying to offer the service via mail.
>
> HOWEVER, doing that via HTTP would be quite cool, if the requirements are
> met. I heard someone talking about java enabled browsers (?), and socket
> servers (??) but I don't think anything like that is needed. A single PHP
> script can get the upload, have it parsed by lilypond, remove the temporary
> files and send the result as a application/x-pdf or anything MIME reply,
> having the user to save it for later view or to display it in its
> integrated PDF viewer (windows, konqueror, mozilla, you name it).
>
> Bests,
> Giancarlo Niccolai.
>
>
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