Which version of Sibelius? I believe it was Sibelius 7 that introduced the "magnetic layout" feature which moves things around as you place them. Of course, that's still nothing like Lilypond.
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Phil Holmes <m...@philholmes.net> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Shann" < > richard.sh...@virgin.net> > To: "Urs Liska" <u...@openlilylib.org> > Cc: <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 6:11 PM > Subject: Re: Comparing LilyPond with Sibelius, Finale, Musescore etc > > > > On Tue, 2013-07-23 at 15:12 +0200, Urs Liska wrote: >> >>> Am 23.07.2013 15:09, schrieb Richard Shann: >>> > On Sun, 2013-07-21 at 14:03 +0200, Urs Liska wrote: >>> >> Am 20.07.2013 17:57, schrieb Richard Shann: >>> >> >>> >>> I have been compiling some examples of LilyPond's typesetting >>> >>> compared >>> >>> with those of well-known alternatives: >>> >>> >>> >>> http://denemo.org/**CompareScorewriters<http://denemo.org/CompareScorewriters> >>> >>> >>> >>> If anyone can provide better examples - these are just taken from >>> >>> published work that I could find with a quick search - then please >>> >>> let >>> >>> me know - especially if I am not doing LilyPond justice. >>> >>> My examples have a common origin in MusicXML files, but there may be >>> >>> some other way of standardizing the comparisons (short of re-typing >>> >>> music examples...). >>> >>> >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> >>> lilypond-user mailing list >>> >>> lilypond-user@gnu.org >>> >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/**listinfo/lilypond-user<https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user> >>> >> What about the LilyPond and Finale renderings on that page: >>> >> http://lilypond.ursliska.de/**notensatz/lilypond-tutorials/** >>> tackle-complex-tasks/part-2-**improving-the-output.html<http://lilypond.ursliska.de/notensatz/lilypond-tutorials/tackle-complex-tasks/part-2-improving-the-output.html> >>> ? >>> > Reading this page I see you refer to "the model" but it is not so clear >>> > what this is >>> In this case the printed score from which I typeset the example with >>> LilyPond and someone else with Finale 2008. >>> >> >> Ah, I see, you are able to talk about "Enter the plain music, correctly >> assign voices and don't apply any manual corrections" in the context of >> Finale - with many such programs you cannot certain markings or text >> without manually positioning it, it just floats at the end of the mouse >> pointer until you click. >> > > > Without wishing to bias any result, I have to say that Sibelius is > _appalling_ at placing lyrics by default. > > -- > Phil Holmes > > ______________________________**_________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/**listinfo/lilypond-user<https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user> >
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