Hi Carl, > Do you want > > 1) XML that captures only the music (and could be imported into some other > program which will make the layout decisions)?
No: this is trivial to obtain from #2 or #3, via XSLT. > 2) XML that captures both the music and the layout (and could therefore be > printed by some as-yet-unknown MusicXML printer)? Yes: since Lilypond already generates this entire set of data, why not include it in the output? > My sense is that item 1) is relatively inexpensive (as Jan has discussed), > but that item 2) is relatively expensive (I think it's more than 100 expert > hours, but that's just a wild stab). Maybe true… but that's what we should be going for, IMO. > For me, item 1) is what we ought to be aiming at, at least initially. My question is this: In what format is the final, typeset music stream such that extracting the music information only would be massively easier than extracting the music and layout information? > It seems strange to use Finale to print a layout defined by LilyPond. If you > want to use a LilyPond layout and tweak a few things graphically, you should > be using the svg output, IMO, and editing the svg. I think there are many things "in the cracks" that don't come through with just "the music", but would be critical for translation to another program — for example, the cross-staff information that started this thread is clearly layout related, and not just music-specific. > I think that holding out for 2) will probably delay completion of 1). Possibly… If we're talking about 10 hours for #1 (truly well done) and 500 hours for #2, then of course we should do that. If we're talking about 100 hours for #1, and 250 hours for #2 where the first 100 hours must be redone (assuming, for argument's sake, the two are radically different in execution), then I would say no. > But having a well-defined enhancement request will at least allow a > developer to make a decision as to what they wish to attempt. +1. Kieren. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
