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Re: Is Lilypond right for me?
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Graham Percival |
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Re: Is Lilypond right for me? |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:02:11 -0800 |
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:07:02 -0600 (CST)
Alexander Basson <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm wondering -- will Lilypond allow me to combine math and music
> typesetting into a single document? Can I install and use it on my Mac
> (again, running OS X)? Do I need a different TeX implementation?
Lilypond is excellent for integrating music with LaTeX documents (which includes
plain text, simple equations, horribly complicated equations, scientific
articles, etc). It can run on OS X -- have a look at fink (IIRC it's
fink.sourceforge.net).
However, Lilypond isn't extremely easy to learn, and as far as I know, you
can't use TeXShop as a front end. If you're currently TAing the course, then
I'm not certain if you could learn enough Lilypond and LaTeX (manual latex,
that is, rather than using a front-end) to get much course materials ready. It
depends on how much thesis work you need to do. :)
If you plan on TAing for that course in the future, or other similar courses,
then I highly recommend Lilypond. If you have enough time and patience to
sit down with the manuals, Lilypond is fantastic. But I don't think you can
use it as a quick fix to whip up some assignments to hand out to your class
in two hours. :)
Cheers,
- Graham