Re: Using LilyPond with Arabic music

[James E. Bailey]

Am 30.06.2008 um 14:50 schrieb josephHarfouch:

> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18194950/arabic.tex arabic.tex
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18194950/arabic.pdf arabic.pdf
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18194950/arabic.ly arabic.ly
>
> Hello,
>
> Some time ago, I put a question on the forum regarding using Arabic  
> music
> with LilyPond, and I got some very helpful advice regarding the  
> notating of
> half-flats and half-sharps. I have created an "arabic.ly" file based  
> on that
> advice, and to add arabic maqams (modes or scales).I also created
> documentation of how to use LilyPond with Arabic music which I'm  
> attaching
> and I would like to share with others, in the hope of encouraging  
> the use of
> LilyPond with Arabic music. I would be happy to get feedback to  
> improve this
> documentation, and very happy to share it with others, for example  
> if you
> think it is useful to make "arabic.ly" part of your product in the  
> future,
> and/or to put the attached documentation on your web site, or as an  
> appendix
> to your documentation etc.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Joseph Harfouch
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Wow, that's amazing. I think I need things like this to remind me why  
free software (especially lilypond) is a good thing. And try as I  
might, I couldn't get lilypond to have problems with the arabic  
characters. I tried two different input methods, and they still came  
okay.