Hi, while comparing gabc [1] and LilyPond [2] syntax for Gregorian chant music, I wondered whether LilyPond could profit from the simplicity of gabc. I see at least two options:
a) A conversion of the respective syntax Something like gabc2ly. It could be used as a standalone tool on the commandline or perhaps used to translate a selected part of the file in Frescobaldi. b) A new input mode It could be called \gregorianmode and do the same translation within LilyPond directly. This would be much nicer as the gabc-style source could be edited and would not be gone in the one-way street of the conversion. Has anyone tried anything similar? Was that discussed before? Is it a bad idea? If not, I could try (a) – option (b) is certainly out of my reach. Cheers, Joram [1]: http://home.gna.org/gregorio/gabc/ [2]: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/typesetting-gregorian-chant _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
