Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-22 Thread David Kastrup
Werner LEMBERG w...@gnu.org writes: Somewhat independently, there is a mf2pt1.pl Perl script that (shudder) generates .pe script to transform a metapost output to a Type 1 font. I guess that could be done more concisely directly as a python script. This sounds like a very nice addition.

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-22 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:42 AM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Somewhat independently, there is a mf2pt1.pl Perl script that (shudder) generates .pe script to transform a metapost output to a Type 1 font.  I guess that could be done more concisely directly as a python script. This sounds

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-22 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 2/22/12 10:17 AM, Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:12 PM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:42 AM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Somewhat independently, there is a mf2pt1.pl Perl

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-22 Thread David Kastrup
Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:12 PM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:42 AM, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Somewhat independently, there is a mf2pt1.pl Perl script that (shudder)

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-22 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 22 February 2012 18:36, David Kastrup d...@gnu.org wrote: Looks like I sloppily considered Metatype and Metatype1 the same project. The download README is from 2009, and there have been a number of fonts produced using it. URL:http://ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/metatype1 The

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-22 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Metatype1 is hosted on a polish server: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/metatype1 At the time I did the transition to mf2pt1, I had compared the various approaches of converting METAFONT outlines to Type1 fonts. mf2pt1 appeared as the most straightforward approach, much easier than

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-21 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:56 PM, pls p.l.schm...@gmx.de wrote: Am 16.02.2012 um 13:02 schrieb Han-Wen Nienhuys What happens if you take a fully formatted file from Finale and load it into Sibelius via the musicxml route, and the reverse? Is anyone able to post the before and after PDFs of

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-21 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Janek Warchoł janek.lilyp...@gmail.com wrote: Please give your suggested projects. In another thread Han-Wen wrote: On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com wrote: Also, nowadays, fontforge supports Python scripting. We could redo

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-21 Thread pls
Am 21.02.2012 um 22:04 schrieb Janek Warchoł: On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:56 PM, pls p.l.schm...@gmx.de wrote: Am 16.02.2012 um 13:02 schrieb Han-Wen Nienhuys What happens if you take a fully formatted file from Finale and load it into Sibelius via the musicxml route, and the reverse? Is

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-21 Thread Janek Warchoł
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:41 PM, pls p.l.schm...@gmx.de wrote: Yes, you're right.  But I'd say the other results are also interesting because they show that the same .xml-file is represented differently by different notation softwares (e.g. concerning page breaks , lyrics...) Sure; it's far

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-21 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Janek Warchoł janek.lilyp...@gmail.com wrote: In another thread Han-Wen wrote: On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com wrote: Also, nowadays, fontforge supports Python scripting. We could redo all the craziness involving generated

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-21 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Somewhat independently, there is a mf2pt1.pl Perl script that (shudder) generates .pe script to transform a metapost output to a Type 1 font. I guess that could be done more concisely directly as a python script. This sounds like a very nice addition. Maybe generating Python should be the

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-16 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Reinhold Kainhofer reinh...@kainhofer.com wrote: It is much easier to export just the music contents (in scheme, just using the output of the iterators), but that solves only part of the problem. To be able to provide solutions for composers in the professional

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-16 Thread catchall
Quoting Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com: What happens if you take a fully formatted file from Finale and load it into Sibelius via the musicxml route, and the reverse? Is anyone able to post the before and after PDFs of such a transition? Sibelius will not export in MusicXML format.

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-16 Thread pls
Am 16.02.2012 um 13:25 schrieb catch...@philholmes.me.uk: Quoting Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com: What happens if you take a fully formatted file from Finale and load it into Sibelius via the musicxml route, and the reverse? Is anyone able to post the before and after PDFs of such a

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-15 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
On 12/02/2012 12:03, Janek Warchoł wrote: Hi all, SUMMARY: in order to participate in Google Summer of Code ($$$), we need an Ideas List. (to learn more about GSoC, go here http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012) An Ideas List should be a list of suggested student

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-15 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
On 12/02/2012 15:43, Janek Warchoł wrote: W dniu 12 lutego 2012 15:13 użytkownik Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca napisał: umm, you know that we already have musicxml2ly import, right? Yes. I had some issues with it - dynamics got attached to wrong notes. The problem is that in

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-15 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
On 12/02/2012 15:13, Graham Percival wrote: On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:03:48PM +0100, Janek Warchoł wrote: 2) Adding comprehensive MusicXML import and export features, together with test suites for it. Requirements: ? (no idea in which language this would be written), MusicXML, basic LilyPond

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-15 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
On 12/02/2012 12:51, m...@apollinemike.com wrote: 2) Adding comprehensive MusicXML import and export features, together with test suites for it. Requirements: ? (no idea in which language this would be written), MusicXML, basic LilyPond and music notation knowledge; familiarity with other

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-14 Thread Łukasz Czerwiński
The list can be quite long. We don't have to limit it to 2 projects :) Łukasz On 13 February 2012 12:51, Han-Wen Nienhuys hanw...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Janek Warchoł janek.lilyp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, SUMMARY: in order to participate in Google Summer of

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-13 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Janek Warchoł janek.lilyp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, SUMMARY: in order to participate in Google Summer of Code ($$$), we need an Ideas List. I think the most interesting is probably #1 (grace note synchronization) and #2 (musicxml). Of those, I recommend #2

Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-12 Thread Janek Warchoł
Hi all, SUMMARY: in order to participate in Google Summer of Code ($$$), we need an Ideas List. (to learn more about GSoC, go here http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012) An Ideas List should be a list of suggested student projects. This list is meant to introduce

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-12 Thread m...@apollinemike.com
All of these look good. On Feb 12, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Janek Warchoł wrote: General student prerequisites: (basic?) git knowledge 1) Fixing problems with synchronization of grace notes, together with all underlying architecture (issue 34). Requirements: C++, MIDI; familiarity with basic

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-12 Thread Janek Warchoł
W dniu 12 lutego 2012 12:51 użytkownik m...@apollinemike.com m...@apollinemike.com napisał: 3) Horizontal Spacing of Objects Attached to Notes, esp. Accidentals: make spacing depend on tightness of the music.  This is thoroughly explained in issues 2141, 2142, 2143 ans 2144.  Also, the

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-12 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:03:48PM +0100, Janek Warchoł wrote: 2) Adding comprehensive MusicXML import and export features, together with test suites for it. Requirements: ? (no idea in which language this would be written), MusicXML, basic LilyPond and music notation knowledge; familiarity

Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

2012-02-12 Thread Janek Warchoł
W dniu 12 lutego 2012 15:13 użytkownik Graham Percival gra...@percival-music.ca napisał: On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:03:48PM +0100, Janek Warchoł wrote: 2) Adding comprehensive MusicXML import and export features, together with test suites for it.  Requirements: ? (no idea in which language