On May 12, 2014, at 5:20 PM, David Cuenca <[email protected]> wrote:
> As reported on a previous email [1], there is no function to work with > independent/bundled pages, other than to resort to variables, which do not > work in safe mode. Is there any way to solve that? > > The wikimedia community is interested in using lilypond to start a score > typesetting project [2]. However, without a way of combining several pages, > it wouldn't be possible to generate a single file, which limits the > usefulness of the contributors' work. > > Is there anyone interested in taking a closer look into this? We could have > a irc chat/Hangout next week to explore possible options. > > Thanks & regards, > Micru > > > > [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2014-05/msg00156.html > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Musical_score_transcription_project_proposal > Dear Micru, I am currently working on a research project in Finland and France for an typesetting server that is based around LilyPond and Guido for this exact purpose. Some of the technology have already been realized and we’re looking to go public with a Beta in the beginning of 2015. I browsed the website linked in [2] and while it encapsulates several problems well, there are others that need to be addressed before this can get off the ground. The main one that my research project is trying to solve, which is a superset of the problem you’re talking about, is how to partition a score into units. Contributors should be able to define the units on which they wish to work (a measure, a staff, a voice, etc.) and be able to write music into this unit that will automatically be integrated into the whole. The bigger issue is one of content versus layout. While the distinction is somewhat fuzzy insofar as scores are both containers of content and objects of beauty, the page (assuming you mean “page” as in “a page of A4 paper”) is most often a layout parameter. The project I’m working on is focusing on how to automatically extract content in arbitrary units and to lay it out in arbitrary ways. LilyPond is pretty good at the second but not so great at the first. I’d be happy to irc about it next week if you’re around to discuss more the research project I’m working on as well as your ideas about the music wikipedia. Cheers, ~Mike _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
