>sorry if this is slightly off-topic but to convert fully to linux audio >i need to be able to use notation - i've seen some of the open source >notation packages and none of them are up to the level of Finale yet. >i'm trying out finale 2000 on the WINE emulator for Linux on Redhat9. >I have put a copy of the maestro.ttf font into an X11 directory and >pointed my .wine/config file to that directory so now i have the font >showing up in finale. >My problem is all the little buttons in the simple entry panel are black >instead of showing up note/duration symbols - most of the other buttons >in the other entry panels are showing up ok. any linux/wine/finale >users out there??? >are the symbols on these buttons connected to maestro.ttf? >- reports of any experiences with using finale within WINE would be >greatly appreciated especially with regards to getting the midi .dll >side of things up and running. > > > Hi Rob, If you want to make a really step, there's plenty of notation softwares under gnu/linux : ABC : http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc/ or look at this page : http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linuxsound/one-page.html#notation or http://www.xdt.com/ar/linux-snd/ best juto