2013/12/6 Joseph Rushton Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@webdrak > What Finale version are you using to generate these examples?
They weren't created by me; i don't know the version (but the Eja Mater is probably 2003 or 2005). > I hate to say this, but from my point of view (as a Lilypond user and > enthusiast) I think that rather than favouring Lilypond, this rather > supports the contention that in general Finale's output is "good enough". I > presume what you have there is untweaked Finale engraving, and many of the > issues you identify are very minor or most likely easily fixed. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Have you looked at "Eja Mater awful Finale.pdf"? Do you consider the issues marked in red minor? They actually make it very difficult to sing the rhythm correctly! > If you want a real comparison, give two expert users -- one of Finale, one > of Lilypond -- the same score and give them an hour to engrave as much as > they can, with the goal that every single bar they engrave is perfect. Then > compare what they achieve. Do you have a spare expert Finale user? Because the problem is that on the *LilyPond* mailing list it's hard to find expert Finale users. We'd have to hire someone, and that costs money. Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user