On Wednesday, 8 September 1999, "Shamus" writes:
> >> Michael: Your suggestion for tweaking the TeX file would probably work,
> but
> >> isn't that exactly the kind of mucking around that LilyPond is supposed
> to
> >> eliminate? ;-p
> >Actually, Lilyond itself only concentrates on typesetting music.
> >The script ly2dvi gives simple support for adding titles but if you
> >want to do more advanced text typesetting around the music, it could
> >be worthwhile to take a look also at mudela-book.
>
>
> What I was referring to specifically was the printing of tempi--something
> that *is* a part of the music and should be handled by Lilypond, that is, if
> Lilypond is a 'music typesetter' (which is what the web site claims)!
Yes, but it's an ongoing effort. This hasn't been implemented yet,
so if you need it now, you'll have to kludge.
> Tweaking fonts and things *are* all a part of typesetting music (though
> perhaps not as big a part as setting the score). Why shouldn't it be able
> to do that tweaking through the \paper block?
It should, or even through style sheets :-) Maybe more importantly,
tepmi should be *understood* by lily, not merely be strings that are
typeset. Some day...
> BTW, has the ChordNames context been addressed already? Is it a dead issue?
> Is someone working on it?
Oh, yes, I saw your report. There are no dead issues. I've added it to
my todo, so it's a sleeping issue right now. If you want to have a look
yourself, go right ahead.
Jan.
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien/ | http://www.lilypond.org/
