Re: Lose the tagline (permanently)

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno mar 23 feb 2016 alle 18:55, David Kastrup <address@hidden> ha 
scritto:
> >  I experienced exactly the same. If LilyPond had a true (and modern)
> >  GUI interface,
>
> There is Denemo.

Yes, I know. Denemo is a good option for users who are already 
motivated to work with LilyPond.
But any user looking for an open source GUI notation software will 
probably choose MuseScore and not Denemo.


> >  it would probably be the most used notation software.
>
> That's a bit like "If PostScript had a true (and modern) GUI 
> interface,
> it would probably be the most used graphics software."
>
> Tailor on the NeXT (which ran via Display PostScript) was actually
> pretty good at manipulating existing PostScript and EPS files.  Alas, 
> it
> went the way of all proprietary software.
>
> Though
> <URL:http://blackholeinc.com/catalog/software/Software/Graphics/Tailor.shtml>
> looks like it "merely" became both very obscure and rather expensive
> (compared to today's platform prices).
>
> At any rate, the moment a "GUI" is expected to deal with preexisting
> code not created with its help, stuff becomes pretty tricky.

Schikkers List could have been an interesting option:
https://github.com/janneke/schikkers-list

but it seems that the LilyPond community is ignoring it:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2014-04/msg00102.html

BTW, it was never considered for GSoC?