Hello (adding this reply to me only back into the user-thread) On 23/09/2010 16:44, Alonso Silva wrote: > Kindle and Ipad didn't have any problem rendering pdfs created with > Lilypond or another scorewriter (converted to pdf). The only scores who > really looks bad in some e readers (kindle) are the scans of old > engraved editions (imslp ones for example), due their nature (they are a > bunch of images in one file). Ipad don't have this problem with these > editions.
Well Kindle doesn't either it just depends on how you render them, Kindle (as this is the only example I know) handles a rather limited number of graphic formats but does so well enough to read an engraving. Where e-reader's shine (in my opinion) apart from the so-much-easier-on-the-retinas-for-any-length-of-time-reading is the ability to take text and reformat it on the fly so you can do things like make the text bigger, smaller, increase/decrease leading or condense the typeface and make quick and easy searches. If my Kindle could print then I'd be all made up! However all that formatting-on-the-fly that only works for text-based-documents, and isn't really appropriate for LilyPond in that you'd need a complete rendering engine on the e-reader that handles .ly files to be able to change the formatting. That isn't going to happen any time at all. > Anyway, I understand your concern. Lilypond requires tweaking > for improve the output but in the future I hope need less tweaking. I don't understand what you mean here. Tweaking for what? You can already tweak for page format and layout if you want actual size documents rather than A4 (or whatever) PDFs being displayed on too small screens then you simply change your \layout or \page settings in your .ly file. With whispernet you can even then script the whole process and after compilation email it to [yourna...@free.kindle.com and the Kindle will suck in the file for you (or you can drag drop it via usb). > For > example, my own priority is a function to create odd and even pages > margins without depend of lilypond-book, strange tweakings and latex for > ready to print and bind scores. That has nothing to do with e-reading format but seems to be a general request and as I have myself already mentioned, the PDF output is pretty much ready-to-go for printing professionally, if you are concerned about pagination for binding and pagination, then frankly you need to change your printers ;) <rant> most should be able to offer that service somewhere and believe me - having been at the receiving end of 'end-user' submitted paginated files for over a decade - I'd say 99% of them were never correctly or set up for printing and we always had to go back and re-do.</rant> These task, unlike latex, isn't > automaticed, but I'm sure the the developer team is aware of these needs > for future versions. That has nothing to do with e-reading format but seems to be a general request and don't assume they are aware. Have you asked? or maybe someone will answer on this thread. regards James _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
