Re: Basic questions about LilyPond.

[Ferenc Wagner]

Kieren Richard MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:

>> 3. If I adopt any music notation program, it will be used
>> on a laptop computer, with its lack of a separate numeric
>> keypad.
>
> Again, "text editor" says it all.
>
>> In general, how configurable is LilyPond for different
>> methods of usage?
>
> Pretty flexible, depending on your editor. You could have
> auto-fill/type-ahead, you can cut and paste, you can
> automate (AppleScript, batch/shell script, whatever),
> etc. -- it's up to your imagination (and the limitations
> of your editing application).

Don't forget about the quick-note-insert mode (lyqi) in
Emacs.  It provides a good bunch of things, can even
transpose and relativise parts.
-- 
Feri.