On Sunday, 21 November 1999, Tim Nowaczyk writes:
> If I understand "context free" then notes are simply notes, and the
> software should all formatting, or the user should tell the software which
> formating to use (dotted rests vs. r4 r8 as an example). Then there is
> uniformity in the piece of music if, for example, a group of people are
> entering music and the publisher wants the music with dotted rests, then
> it takes one change. Notes, when taken out of their contexts, don't have
> ties. A certain note is held for 5 beats. When you say "we're in 3/4
> time" then the one note becomes c3~c2.
Sure, Lily doesn't do this but it could be done. It seems like the Right
to do, so that you can cut'n paste and shift pieces of music.
> I did not know the ~ command when I wrote the previous e-mail, so
> thanks for pointing that out to me. I am not saying I am displeased with
> the software. It's awesome. I can type stuff into this much faster than
> any GUI typesetter I've used. I was actually going to start work on a
Thanks. May I ask (we were asked for an article in wideopen news just
last week) what gui software have you used (I haven't really used any)?
> project VERY simmilar to lilypond until I stumbled upon this website 3
> months ago. (Thanks for ruining my coding fun :) ). When I have some
> free time (ie this summer) I'll have to help you guys out.
Hoping you live on the southern hemisphere,
Greetings,
Jan.
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