Wow, thank you all for the feedback - I'll answer some of the direct questions, and give my input on some of the indirect ones.
> 1. I can find the but not your plugin via the link you give ? My apologies. I uploaded late last night and forgot to allow unauthenticated users to download the file. You should now be able to see an attachment at http://drupal.mjs-svc.com/sib2ly containing the plugin. > 2. Would it be easy/possible/difficult to port your conversion code to a > standalone commandline utility > ( coded in C or Python like some other existing xxx2ly utilities that come > with the lilypond distributions ? > (and related queries) I don't think the Sibelius format is open, and hacking binary files is not my forte. I would love to, really - after all, Sibelius and Finale are my only reasons for sticking with windows, and I can't abandon them for my composers. > Does Sibelius support musicXML? I'm wondering if it might be faster in the > long run to help Reinhold with musicXML2ly. > (and related queries) Sibelius supports IMPORTING musicXML, but not EXPORTING. To export, you need to get the Dolet plugin, which is a bit out of my price-range at the moment. Plus, when I do start making money, It may not be in others' price range, and I would like to continue offering a free alternative. That said, I would still be willing to help with musicXML2ly. > Would you like me to send you some test data? I have a good number of scores to keep testing this out with and, unfortunately, not a whole lot of time, though I thank you for your offer. Next on the list is text, and after that, some way to work with objects that extend beyond one note (lines, tuplets, etc.). Since there seems to be some interest, I'll mention the next major update. It may take some time, what with work and school, but midterms are over, so hopefully I'll have more. Yours, Matthew _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
