--- Immanuel Litzroth <immanuell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mikhail Ramendik <mr@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Hello, > > > Any sort of alphabetic medium for typesetting > notes is about as "right" > > for a professional musician as it would be "right" > for a programmer to > > somehow write programs in the language of musical > score. So Lilyopnd is > > simply off track. > Can you explain why and "alphabetic medium" is not > "right"? > > > The success of TeX for formula editing came, I > think, from the fact that > > TeX somehow matches the way a scientist *thinks* > about a formula. But > > IMHO, neither Lilypond nor any other alphabetic > editor can approach the > > way a musician thinks about score! And that's why > this won't work. > Can you explain how a musician thinks about a score, > and how this cannot be > expressed in alphabetic editor? > Immanuel > > I'm not sure I follow Mikhail's argument, but for the record, I am a working musician and I use PMW (Philip's Music Writer) - a typesetting programme similar to Lilypond. I've tried many programmes, and I find coding (particularly with PMW) to be far more intuitive and versatile than the pointy-clicky commercial programmes. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
