Hi Mikhail, > Hello, > > I have not been here for some months... > > Was any progress registered on any software for WYSIWYG score typesetting? > > I'm starting to think that for tasks that really need WYSIWYG (as opposed to > visual editing of the score "text" but not the layout), a DTP-oriented > approach might be the best thing to do. Perhaps even adding a score module to > Scribus. But before I start thinking of whether to try some coding: perhaos > there is already enough progress in ome project? I'm really not the best > coder out there... > > -- > Yours, Mikhail Ramendik > Well I can recommand NoteEdit, just take a look at the NoteEdit homepage: http://noteedit.berlios.de It's strength are music score editing and using of external music notation systems like lilypond or musixtex to print your score. Midi for easier input and listening to your score is supported as well. I wouldn't directly compare it to a DTP program like scribus but more to a TeX frontend like lyx (i.e. formatting of the score is not done directly with NoteEdit, though you can set several format options for export). Best Regards, Reinhard Katzmann -- Software-Engineer, Developer of User Interfaces Project: Noteedit - a score editor - http://noteedit.berlios.de Project: Pertergrin - a RPG system - http://www.pertergrin.de GnuPG Public Key available on request
