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Lilypond
Lilypond
Posted Oct 28, 2005 7:37 UTC (Fri) by Wol (guest, #4433)In reply to: Lilypond by utoddl
Parent article: At the Sounding Edge: Music Notation Software For Linux (Linux Journal)
I haven't done much with lilypond lately, either ...
I think the main problem is that the project leaders are steeped in European Classical tradition. From my POV (British Brass Bands) pretty much every damn default is wrong - from the layout of the header to the rehearsal marks to ... well whatever.
Don't get me wrong - it's great software, and the authors want it used, but if us members of other traditions don't speak up and, more importantly, contribute, then it won't improve. Unfortunately, I think it suffers from the same problem as another of my hobby-horses - Pick/MultiValue databases. The people who use and need the software aren't trained programmers - they're musicians (or database-literate end-users) - so they aren't in a position to contribute code, which is what is really needed.
Cheers,
Wol
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contributing to LilyPond development
Posted Oct 28, 2005 9:46 UTC (Fri) by hanwen (subscriber, #4329) [Link]
I think the main problem is that the project leaders are steeped in European Classical tradition. From my POV (British Brass Bands) pretty much every damn default is wrong - from the layout of the header to the rehearsal marks to ... well whatever.Don't get me wrong - it's great software, and the authors want it used, but if us members of other traditions don't speak up and, more importantly, contribute, then it won't improve
You can also contribute with money of instead of code. If you want something changed, then you can hire the project leaders to implement features or templates on request. See lilypond-design.com for more details, or check out the v2.7 NEWS file for features that have been sponsored up to now.
Han-Wen Nienhuys
hanwen@lilypond.org