Re: Sponsoring lilypond development Was Re: Score parts: instrument and duration

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > The biggest obstacle to SCORE users probably is the fast changing syntax.
> > They _need_ a reliable format.
> 
> I'm almost certain they don't. SCORE for publication material. Once music is
> published, there is little need to run the .lys again.

I do not completely agree:

- Errors happen (even with the superior MIDI output of Lily), and 
corrected versions have to be published.

- It is not only a question of existing scores, but of the score setters. 
Once you learnt how to do this and that, you want to use that knowledge.

All that said, I believe it is not important to keep the format fixed once 
and for all. But it should be reliable in the sense that you can learn how 
to make the lyrics font bigger, and be sure that the same method works 20 
versions later.

Ciao,
Dscho