Re: is etf2ly of any use, really?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Eduardo Vieira wrote:
> Hello friends,
>  
> I was testing the capabilities of conversion between ETF and LY. 
> Granted, I didn't expect any astounding result, for even the 
> documentation mentions that it has limited effectiveness, but I was 
> surprised with the deplorable result.:(
> So much so, that I can't see the reason to have such script. Check it 
> yourselves.
> The file is a well known hymn: Abide with me (Tune: Eventide).
> I'm sorry I don't have the midi right now, but in a site like Cyber 
> Hymnal you could find it. I also don't have Finale myself. But I used 
> another program (Harmony Assistant) to open it and it was fine.

etf2ly was a hack that I wrote a long time ago.  I have proposed 
removing it before, but some people actually use it to use Finale  as a 
GUI for lilypond; YMMV, not all ETF files are the same, and the ETF file 
as a whole is almost undocumented.

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