Re: New to LilyPond. Customizing Lilypond Graphics.

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Anthony Bargnesi wrote:
> Hello Lilypond developers,
>
> This is the first I am hearing of lilypond.  Recently it was mentioned 
> in linux journal and I was curious if this could be used for a project I 
> want to do.  I want to create an application to produce scores for 
> turntablists based on the Turntablist Transcription Method 
> <http://www.battlesounds.com/ttm/>.  This would require all new graphics 
> for the different types of turntable scratches and mixing techniques.  
> Since I am new to the development of lilypond could someone point me to 
> resources or state how I can go about adding code for new graphics?  
> Also a few questions that might be off-topic but while I should ask them 
> now before I dive into some proof of concept code:

Unfortunately, there is no such resource. Your best bet is to analyse 
how other graphics (beams, staves, etc.) are created, and work from that.

> 1.  Since lilypond is released under the GPL would it be ok to create a 
> new build of lilypond that included my custom graphics?  The application 
> I was planning on making would be open source.

certainly

> 2.  How can lilypond .ly files be rendered in a GUI.  Is there any tools 
> that build in a .ly viewer and not render to postscript?  

Well, Lily can also render to SVG, and we have prototypes of a GNOME 
canvas, but that's something to worry about after you've succeeded in 
getting the graphics right.


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