Re: high-quality typesetting within lilypond

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> wrote:
>  . 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).

If we improve the deficiencies of Pango, there are many more
applications that will benefit from this.

>  . 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.

Please, no. Virtually all of the engineering I've seen from LaTeX
makes me want to cry, and as a project it moving glacially.


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