On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:53:48 +0000 David Bobroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've recently converted some Finale ETF files using etf2ly. As -snip- > 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.
Really? I guess it depends on how long the file is, but I'd prefer to enter everything by hand. If nothing else, it helps you to practice your Lilypond and typing skills! :) > Question: Are there plans for more complete conversion of ETF files in > the near future (by version 2.0 for example)? I really can't speak for the non-doc devel stuff -- in fact, I can't even really speak about the doc devel stuff -- but I doubt it. I expect that Lilypond devel people would rather spend effort towards supporting musicxml and other Free music score formats. > 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 If you just want a few coloured items, you could always just load the postscript output into a graphics program and colour them manually. :) Again, I don't think that this is/will be a priority. > 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 I think that Lilypond is already ready for "prime time" -- I've used it for two years in a university music composition course, thereby saving me $300 (or whatever the "cheap" student version of Finale or Sibelius costs). And some people have exclaimed "wow! How did you get Finale to make music that looks so good?" > color capabilities (for staff lines, early flat and natural signs, > lyrics, etc.) it would be a boon to those working on such a project. Most (as in "way over 99%") music is printed as black-and-white. I can think of a _few_ beginner music books which have colour, but not many. Why do you want colour so much? Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
