Re: Write a custom backend?

[Knut Petersen]

Am 13.09.2016 um 14:04 schrieb David Kastrup:
> > I believe the output backend principle is a good sign of extensibility
> > but is it really the case? How to instruct Lilypond to use a custom
> > one, then?
> You'd have to make use of one of the existing translator groups (like
> Engraver_group or Performer_group) which might me more accurately called
> translator groupers: there is currently no way to define those in
> Scheme.
>
> Personally, I'd consider it a great project to convert _all_ of Midi
> generation to Scheme.
Why? We need more details of the music going into \midi{}, but it is
necessary to rewrite the code in scheme first?

Cheers,
 Knut