GUI is graphical user interface, and describes the type of environment where documents are edited pictorially, that is by dragging and positioning things with the mouse and other similar direct interactions, so that what we see on screen is highly indicative of the final result. Finale, Sibelius, Microsoft Word, and most other common programs are like this.
By contrast, LilyPond has no GUI. Instead the user writes a computer code (text instructions) in a simple text file, readable with Notepad or any other text editor, and the program will interpret these to produce the printed music. An example might be (in real English words) "For this staff, use treble clef, D major key signature, 4/4 time signature, minim D, then crotchets F#, A, then semibreve D." and the program will read these instructions and print a staff, two bars long with music that fits that description. Here, David doesn't comprehend how it could be advantageous to use such a system, when the result is extremely graphical and the desired results must be described using text instructions. Andrew 2009/7/1 Michael Greensill <[email protected]> > <<Does lilypond still have no user interface? Er, I mean, is it still > completely command-line based? I just don't see using a non-GUI app > for producing notation.>> > > I try and follow these technical discussions.... but surely it's time to > give up a thread when the words contained in the reply might as well be in > Swahili for all that I can comprehend them. > > Mike G. > > www.mikegreensill.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
