Editing notes in a separate file

[Michael J. O'Donnell]

I am experimenting with methods to enter notes from a manuscript and produce several typeset scores, including at least one that looks very much like the manuscript, for proof reading another that is good for performance. There will probably be other versions too. Problem: the manuscript naturally has errors that need to be corrected for a performance score, to say nothing of editorial changes that may do more than correct errors. But I would like to make the production of performance scores independent of the representation of the manuscript. Data entry from the manuscript should not involve any musical correction; editing changes for a performance score should not involve any change to the representation of the manuscript (which has a lot of historical significance, as well as being the source of the music). Corrections to note durations are particularly troublesome. I can build scripts to edit a *.ly file, say with sed, but I'd rather stick entirely to Lilypond and its tools. Any pointers? Thanks, Mike O'Donnell

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