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Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?


From: Hilary Snaden
Subject: Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:12:34 +0000
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On 2013-02-21 23:10, David Kastrup wrote:
Hilary Snaden <address@hidden> writes:

On 2013-02-21 19:58, Urs Liska wrote:
http://blog.steinberg.net/2013/02/welcome/

These from Daniel Spreadbury tell me most, I think, of what I need to
know about the new project.

"Our application will use a proprietary file format... an open source
file format is only any use if you also have a wide range of software
that can make use of that format... the Lilypond file format itself
does not describe exactly how the finished score will appear..."

Thanks, but no thanks.

If the file format describes exactly how the finished score will appear,
what will happen with the spacing when transposing?  Presumably it is
ingrained into the file, so how will everything get retrofitted?

However, LilyPond indeed has a weakness in as far as it does not really
have a "file format".  It is an evolving input language.

If that's a "weakness", it's one I'm happy to see maintained indefinitely.

--
Hilary



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