Re: User-interface (was Re: mac lion)

[Wim van Dommelen]

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On 13 Sep 2012, at 09:58 , David Kastrup wrote:

>    For Mac OS X: Work is being done to create a more complete  
> installer.
> You probably already saw that; I just include it to get other  
> commentors
> up to date.
Yep, I decided not to spend very much time to get it working, but wait  
for this!

> Emacs would also be reasonably easy to install (you install Emacs and
> then the lilypond-mode), but for one thing, people tend to shy away  
> from
> Emacs, for another LilyPond-mode, while supporting point&click, is not
> as elaborate an Emacs mode as AUCTeX is for LaTeX.
As an old-time vi adept (and still!) I think an easy 'just typing'  
editor is perfect for
LilyPond. Emacs would do also.

> ap = #appoggiatura
Sure, you got me there, it was just a small example...

> MS does not support music in any form.  And Scorio has MusicXML export
> if I remember correctly.
True, MS doesn't support it, but listen to the fear of "regular"  
users, everything
is linked to MShit. The fact that MS doesn't support music in any form  
is faced
with: Yeah, but is a standard Windows program.....

> Now we just need OCR software to shave off 2 hours of typing and add
> half an hour of proofreading.
Hmm, OK, nice project. Would also compete with a version Sibelius has
(PhotoScore Ultimate 7). Would complement our 'suite'.

> I am also not convinced that using my Midi-augmented accordion in the
> process could not speed up the typing significantly _if_ I had
> appropriate programs tailored for speed note entry.
Actually I was a Notator/Creator user back in the 80's and 90's (I  
even had a
separate Atari computer for that purpose) and with the quantization  
interface
you could do that. Just play it on a keyboard with MIDI, keep a fixed  
steady-state
speed and 95-98% was immediately correctly entered. It probably wasn't  
good
enough. Wonder what experiences are with the Sibelius AudioScore module.

> David Kastrup
Keep up the good work!


Regards,
Wim.