Re: [OpenLilyLib] looking for collaborator(s) on stylesheet package/system

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi all,

Now that OLL is settling into its new home, and my own life has settled enough 
that I can focus on something other than mere survival, I wanted to revive this 
thread, and hopefully move the idea forward significantly in the near future.

The intention of a stylesheet package/system would be to allow a Lilypond (or, 
at the very least, OLL) user to apply preset styles to their scores with 
minimal effort. Say I want my piano music to look like mid-20th Century Henle 
Beethoven scores. I want to put something like
   \include "stylesheets.instrument.solo.piano.Henle.Beethoven.1952"
in my score and VOILA! it automagically looks like the attached (which I 
generated in Lilypond).

To whatever extent possible:

1. Stylesheets should handle notation fonts, sizes, tweaks, etc. (a.k.a. Every 
Possible Thing™).

2. Stylesheets should be modular (e.g., one should be able to easily choose the 
Peters 1940 choral format, but use a custom text font set).

3. Stylesheets should be able to include functions, macros, and other “active 
code”.

So…


The first big question [thank you, Urs!] is:

> How could such a stylesheet system be organized a) in the ways e.g. CSS
> is organized and how a "publisher" might organize house styles (e.g.
> aesthetic styles, score types etc.)

I would love to discuss this on-list with anyone who has good ideas to offer, 
even if you’re not keen on being involved in working out the implementation.

Thanks!
Kieren.

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