Re: Converting ly to musicxml

[Martin Tarenskeen]

On Sun, 10 Jul 2011, cab wrote:

> > This is something I proposed to the French users list earlier this year 
> > and it got a lukewarm response from the community (save several 
> > well-thought-out responses from Scheme and/or musicxml and/or 
> > accessibility enthusiasts).  I have started some sketches for this type 
> > of code, and it is certainly possible, especially if you do not include 
> > position information.  Contact me if you'd like to talk more about this 
> > and I'll dig up the sketches I've already done in Scheme.

> Actually, I am really interested, but I am wondering why you used scheme
> , is it because you are doing this recursively ?
> Is it because it is easier to parse ly files with scheme (I don't know
> this language yet ) ?

I guess the idea was to make it possible to export MusicXML directly from 
Lilypond (just like midi, png, pdf, and postscript), re-using 
Lilypond parsing-code that is available anyway? And Scheme is the language 
that integrates perfectly with Lilypond? That would be better/easier 
to develop than a separate python tool?

Correct me if I am wrong, I am not a scheme coder.

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MT