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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: MusicXML import: looking for co-sponsors
From:       Darius Blasband <darius () phidani ! be>
Date:       2005-11-29 12:44:54
Message-ID: 438C4D46.70206 () phidani ! be
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I would have used Java if I had to write this; but I expect Han-Wen to 
prefer python.

I expect this new converter to be better maintained because:

  - It will be developed by Han-Wen
  - If it works, I can assure you it will be used extensively (by me, to 
start with)
  - Lilypond's input format has gotten stabler than  it used to be, 
releasing part
    of the pressure on maintaining a filter up to date.


Darius.

Eduardo Vieira wrote:

>Again, fine with me, and it seems to be reasonable.
>I assume you or Han-Wen (or whoever) wouldn't use java, right?
>I was never able to get Guido's xml2ly working. I'm a (basic-intermediate)
>Windows user and not familiar with java. I downloaded XT preprocessor, but
>didn't figure out how to make it run xml2ly. This was already enough for me
>to wish for something better. I realize that the problem is also with me,
>that I'm not very knowleadgeble of computer. But, my real questions about
>xml2ly is:
>If anybody has already tried xml2ly and got it to run properly, why are they
>not satisfied with it? Is it because the "necessary basic" is more than just
>the (claimed) features of the converter? It supposedly can do:
>multi-parts score
>multi-voices parts
>multi-staves parts (piano parts)
>clef and time changes
>slurs and ties
>chords
>tuplets
>graces
>ornaments
>barlines
>dynamics
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>Or is it because it is complicated to run or full of bugs?
>Are we looking for something else, because the existent converter is not
>being updated? Can't anybody just take over and improve what already exists?
>If others start a converter from the scratch, how can we be sure that it
>will be maintained? It needs to work in such a way that the first developer
>could easily turn over the project to someone else more available, like
>Han-Wen, if he or she can't meet the new requested features.
>I hope I'm making sense.
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>Eduardo
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <darius@phidani.be>
>To: "Eduardo Vieira" <eduardo.susan@ig.com.br>
>Cc: <lilypond-user@gnu.org>; "Bert Van Vreckem" <Bert.VanVreckem@skynet.be>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:16 AM
>Subject: Re: MusicXML import: looking for co-sponsors
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>>Let me suggest the following:
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>>as it appears that this first sponsored feature will only cover the
>>basic functionality (The Simplest Thing That Does The Job), for this
>>filter to be useful, there will have to be quite a few incremental
>>improvements. In order to simplify the process, I can sponsor the basic
>>functionality on my own, and I will let others support the complements.
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>>Would tha be Ok with everybody ?
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>>D.
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>>Quoting Eduardo Vieira <eduardo.susan@ig.com.br>:
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>>>Fine! Yet I will be wondering how to make a money transfer from Brazil
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>>>Belgium(?). Wouldn't be easier, in my case, to use credit card and pay
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>>>part directly to Han-Wen, via internet?
>>>Anyway, you all can count on me.
>>>
>>>Eduardo Vieira
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>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Darius Blasband" <darius@phidani.be>
>>>To: "Mark Van den Borre" <mvdborre@gmail.com>; <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
>>>Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 7:49 AM
>>>Subject: Re: MusicXML import: looking for co-sponsors
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>>>>I will connect with Han-Wen for the transfer and the invoice, etc.
>>>>I'll collect the contributions as soon as Han-Wen can confirm it is
>>>>all been taken care of.
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>>>>D.
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