Re: Issue 865 in lilypond: Enhancement: ancient tablatures support

[Trevor Daniels]

> Comment #1 on issue 865 by Carl.D.Sorensen: Enhancement: ancient 
> tablatures
> support
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=865
>
> There was some discussion about this on the -devel website some 
> time ago  with Dana Emery, but I'm not sure
> anything useful came of it.
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2008-12/msg00085.html

Well, it contained a lot of useful information, even
if the discussion was a little divergent!  And you
mapped out the way to go: develop the output form
first, using standard LP tab syntax, extended if
necessary, then develop an input mechanism suitable
for users who are not familiar with staff, based on
tab-like notation.  This could be either a separate
program, as you suggested, or a new input mode.  We
already have chordmode, drummode, figuremode, lyricmode,
and markup mode, all with a syntax different from
notemode, so adding tabmode would not be impossible.

Trevor