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Re: Basic questions about LilyPond.
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Hans Forbrich |
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Re: Basic questions about LilyPond. |
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Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:35:21 -0700 |
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I personally think many people go about the evaluation totally backwards.
They first ask 'how easy is it to get started'.
Unfortunately once the honeymoon is over, then it's time to get serious and
accomplish some real tasks. Every 'easy to use' package I've seen quickly
grinds to a halt.
I encourage you to look at ALL the documented examples, especially the Tips
and Tricks and the Regression Tests, as well as the results to be found at
the Mutopia Project (http://www.mutopiaproject.org)
If the end result of Lilypond is flexible enough and visually satisfactory,
then the cost [of setting up and learning] of Lilypond is worth it. If you
do not like what you see, then it's not worth your trouble.
Lilypond, whether on a Windows machine, a Mac or a Linux/Unix box is driven by
a very simple keyboard input and edit mechanism (identical on all). Many
people look at that and run away in disgust because they wanbt to place the
notes wit ha mouse - not realizing the mouse-based input they hope for will
be quicker to learn but ultimately slow them significantly (in my case by 3x
longer to do an equivalent score vs my eval of Finale) - your mileage may
vary!!!
The worst part about Lilypond is that bugs, and problems get fixed too fast
and features get implemented too quickly.
The best part about Lilypond is that musicians I for whom I've typeset copies
have all universally commented on the quality and have enjoyed using the
results.
One thing to keep in mind - Lilypond is not as composition tool, it is a music
typesetting tool. As far as I know Finale and Sibelius don't even attempt to
make that claim. (Finale - "music notation software"; Sibelius -
"writing, playing, printing and publishing music notation"). Score wants to
compare itself to 'traditional engraving' and probably comes closest of the
commercial ones, but I find their entire font too 'round'.
/Hans
- Re: Basic questions about LilyPond., (continued)
- Re: Basic questions about LilyPond., Ferenc Wagner, 2004/04/07
- Re: Basic questions about LilyPond., Paul Scott, 2004/04/07
- Re: lyqi (was: Basic questions about LilyPond.), Ferenc Wagner, 2004/04/07
- Re: lyqi, Paul Scott, 2004/04/07
- Re: lyqi, Nicolas Sceaux, 2004/04/08
- Re: lyqi, Paul Scott, 2004/04/09
- Re: Basic questions about LilyPond., Erik Sandberg, 2004/04/07
- Re: Basic questions about LilyPond., Nicolas Sceaux, 2004/04/08
Re: Basic questions about LilyPond., Michael Welsh Duggan, 2004/04/07
Re: Basic questions about LilyPond., Aaron, 2004/04/07
Re: Basic questions about LilyPond.,
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