Re: Change default MIDI file extension to '.mid'

[Davide Liessi]

Il 05/01/15 13.34, David Kastrup ha scritto:
> .mid happens to be also Map Interchange Data.

I didn't know about this.

> Which programs are "many other programs", under which systems?

I'm sorry, I actually meant to write "some" instead of "many".

The ones I can test right now are REAPER all versions on all systems 
(Windows, Mac, Linux with Wine) and Cakewalk 8 on Windows (pretty old; I 
don't know about newer versions).
I remember having used other ones that didn't accept *.midi files, but I 
don't have them here.
But I realize that this might be a bit too little to deserve a change in 
LilyPond.

The only remaining argument in favor of changing LilyPond's default is 
that *.mid files are more widespread in my experience, but this could be 
only my experience and might also not warrant a change.

Best wishes.
Davide