Re: why is Dutch the default language for note-entry?

[Hans Aberg]

On 19 Dec 2008, at 04:49, Graham Breed wrote:

> > Keyboard maps can demand certain key stroke combinations for  
> > output, and can
> > output a sequence of characters, I would think, because otherwise  
> > some
> > Unicode combining character combinations might not be possible. So  
> > it might
> > be possible to capture keywords - I do not know for sure. But if  
> > possible,
> > and it also can be learned, it would be a fast input method.
>
> Maybe there's a distinction between a "keyboard map" and "input
> method" here.

Yes, keyboard maps are more primitive. I am looking at links like
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input_method

> Keyboard maps may be one key to one character but input
> methods can be all manner of things.

Keyboard maps are though not that primitive: one can demand a sequence  
of key strokes for a certain output, and I am not sure, but it

> Wubi's a good one to look up
> because it includes standard abbreviations.  Like, here we go, typing
> tias gives you 毛泽东思想 which means "Mao Zedong Thought" (yes,  
> the
> abbreviations they chose are generally political).

There is a link here
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_method

As there are fonts that can typeset by radical, I suggested earlier in  
this thread typing that way might be efficient. And this evidently  
what the Wubi method does. Thank you for mentioning this.

> There are text editors that can do the mapping as well.

Yes, this should have been mentioned. I think there is such for Emacs  
(and Emacs is available on Mac OS X via MacPorts). And recently there  
was a post about JEdit
  http://www.jedit.org/
Just download, and choose the LilyPond plugin from the Plugin menu.

> For most of
> us it isn't work the trouble but if you're used to playing music with
> your computer keyboard I can see it would be more intuitive to enter
> it that way as well.  Like using a MIDI keyboard with a sequencer.

Yes, I have though of it, too. The meantone map might be efficient for  
standard diatonic music. Intermediate intervals could be entered using  
modifier keys.

  Hans