12. Juni 2019 19:49, msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca schrieb: > On Wed, 12 Jun 2019, ah wrote: > >> ... using a TeX-based or TeX-like (free) music composition system, if >> available and doing all programming, templating etc. in this myself. >> Advantages: platform independent and free. > > Lilypond is not TeX-based nor conceptually TeX-like, despite the fact that > it uses backslashes. Its programming interface is all based on Scheme and > works quite differently from TeX macro expansion. If you just mean "free" > when you say TeX-like, fine, but if you want something that is > programmable the same way TeX is, then you should consider other free > software that is more closely connected to TeX.
To clarify that: LilyPond *is* extremely programmable, it just feels different than TeX. You may also want to have a look at Abjad (http://abjad.mbrsi.org/), a Python-based composer's tool that generates LilyPond code. HTH Urs > > -- > Matthew Skala > msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca People before tribes. > https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
