high-quality typesetting within lilypond

[Werner LEMBERG]

I wonder how we are going to get high-quality typesetting within
lilypond.  This is a fundamental question: I think we shouldn't extend
lilypond so that it is contains a complete typesetting engine;
instead, we should rather look for alternatives.

I see two possibilities.

  . We come to the conclusion that rendering with Pango is sufficient;
    in case there are still deficiencies we should improve interaction
    with Pango or ask the Pango people to implement what we need.  If
    someone wants more, he or she should use lilypond-book.  Arguably,
    this is the way to go, at least for now, since it is simple and
    straightforward (and it has already been added to lilypond).

  . Use another, external typesetting library which can be linked to
    lilypond.  For example, there have been attempts to create such a
    library for TeX.  I have to dig out the details, but it sounds
    interesting.


      Werner