Re: Reasons why a LilyPond-to-MEI conversion should be developed

[Simon Albrecht]

On 25.10.2015 09:15, Urs Liska wrote:
> > > if LilyPond should consume
> > > >>MEI
> > >
> > >Interesting thought. I should be surprised if MEI were to consent in
> > >granting LilyPond this honour (as which I’d consider it). Given the
> > >‘universal’ intent of MEI, they might not want to ‘take sides’ with
> > >LilyPond (as opposed to other typesetting software) in such a complete
> > >and definite way.
> I'm not sure if Richard really got you right, and I'm not sure if*I*
> understand you right.
>
> The idea is adding LilyPond as a "rendering engine" for MEI editions,
> making it possible to produce professional engravings from MEI editions.
> If you consider this an honor then yes, they*are*  consenting to that idea.

OK, I mistook you there. I read your ‘consume’ as ‘make the entire MEI 
_project_ a part of the LilyPond project’. I might have known that you 
couldn’t have meant that :-)

Yours, Simon