Hello, Jack O'Quin wrote: > > (Or should I subscripe to LAD for this discussion? After all, Jamin was > > born in LAD/LAU before my eyes, and now it's a usable thing as I > > understand, so perhaps trying to get some development running is not > > that bad an idea?) > > LAD is probably the right forum for starting such a project. But some JAMin discussion went on around here on LAU as well. I'll probably try getting an initial proposal together in like a week, and start a discussion on both lists on what we should want. > Almost any small project can benefit from good technical writing. > There are more good programmers than good writers, and many of the > best are not native speakers of English, which remains the common > language for most free software development. I'm also not a native speaker of English, but you won't notice it from my writing :) in fact I make a living writing in English for native speakers . > But, be aware that music notation is a very difficult problem. It certainly is, agreed. > For my > purposes, lilypond does a fine job. It *is* a bit hard to get started > with, but to me the results have been worth the effort. It's not just about getting started. It's about a different way of working with notation. A way that may be very good for programmers, but does not lie wel with traditional musicians. However, I agree that Lilypond is an excellent tool for preparing a final layout for printing. Entry and editing are the problem, as well as tuning the layout. Doing it through programming - and Lilypond is somewhat of a programming language - is not acceptable for many musicians. Yours, Mikhail Ramendik
