Thanks for the interesting comments so far. I want to refocus the discussion slightly. I didn't mean to get into a discussion about the relative merits of lilypond as an entry tool, exactly, so take as a temporary supposition that I want to enter music in lilypond right now, but that at some future time, someone else wants to modify that music in a program other than lilypond. How can I do something now to make that easiest?
Josiah makes the point that MusicXML is too verbose. I agree; however, it succeeds at it's stated goal of being a music interchange format in that it is widely supported. Is there another, better music interchange format either available or in development? So far, the best option was suggested by Tom: a tool called PDFtoMusic Pro that converts PDF scores into MusicXML. The pros are that it is available right now, and that it presumably works. Downsides are that it is proprietary and not free, and takes what seems to me a rather indirect route towards solving my particular problem. Any other suggestions? Any comments on the likelihood of being able to compile lilypond into a music interchange format at some point in the future? Regards, Jason Merrill _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user