Re: tab

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
>[good points snipped]

> Now, the tendency might be to say, "Lily is for notating modern stuff",
> ..
> While it is easy to wave a hand and dis the lute and all tab systems
> other than banjo and guitar, it is the aim of Lilypond to typeset
> beautiful music notation, and anything that makes that goal easier
> should be appropriate to consider.

Lilypond is for notating music, as broadly defined as possible. I use
only technical reasons for (not) including code. If someone can come
up with a *good* implementation for flexible tab, then I'll integrate it.


(And lilypond is for reading email:

\header { foo = #(system "pine") }

:-)

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