I've recently converted some Finale ETF files using etf2ly. As advertised, etf2ly converts "some" of the file. It doesn't handle empty measures, for example (this is a documented limitation). Also, I got some skips in the file, many of which occured immediately after a group of empty bars. No doubt this is related to the incomplete handling of empty bars. While this was slightly tedious to repair it was a couple of orders of magnitude better than keying in the entire file by hand.
Question: Are there plans for more complete conversion of ETF files in the near future (by version 2.0 for example)? COLOR -- I checked the achives and saw some discussion about color support in LilyPond. One topic was "Vienna" style scores with blue repeat bars and red Segnos (this I had never heard of). The other had to do with Gregorian chant notation with red staff lines etc. This is more the kind of color support I'm curious about. A friend of mine has been working on a mass that was found in old Icelandic manuscripts. At first he was working by hand but now is using a computer. He is using a set of fonts called "Meinrad" which are used in a word processor. Setting the text beneath the neumes is a matter of trial-and-error with spaces etc. But he can colorize various elements. With the advances being made on the neumes in LilyPond it may be that it will be ready for "prime time" in the near future. With the addition of color capabilities (for staff lines, early flat and natural signs, lyrics, etc.) it would be a boon to those working on such a project. -David Bobroff _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
