On 8 February 2012 17:03, Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wikipedia uses LaTeX to render math formulas.
Hi Janek, This was already discussed (a long time ago) on LilyPond mailing lists IIRC. Should be findable through the archives. > Why couldn't it use LilyPond to create music examples in articles? MediaWiki Extension:LilyPond > Why is this not available in Wikipedia? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LilyPond#Why_is_this_not_available_in_Wikipedia.3F > Why LilyPond is perfect for Wikipedia: > - text input, can be created using a web browser > - easy to create both vector graphics and raster images at any given > resolution > - GNU GPL'ed > ...and thats not including Lily great output quality. See how some > examples look now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melisma - yuck!! > > using Lily as built-in score editor will be beneficial for Wikipedia, > and i'm pretty sure that for us it will be a huge promotion! > Thoughts? Apparently running LilyPond on a server is not secure. Another difference of point of view between "users" (here wikipedia contributors) and "developers" (wikipedia "dev team")? But there might be some hope: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33193 Cheers, Xavier -- Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
