Re: How to add another output format?

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Milan Zamazal wrote:
> I started to work on a small project to output a Festival singing mode
> file from LilyPond input (this is useful for blind authors to easily
> check lyrics is properly aligned with music).  I think this could be
> similar to producing MIDI output but I haven't found a way how to take
> advantage of it.
>
> Is there a better way how to do it than analyzing the parsed music
> expression (as displayed by \displayMusic)?  Is there any documentation
> on adding new output formats (without modifying LilyPond)?

I think the quickest hack would be to add an engraver to the Lyrics 
context, which can catch lyric syllables and trace to which note 
(including pitch and onset time) these are connected. Another option is
to analyse the music in a separate processing phase (this is similar to 
how \partcombine works). I can make a quote, if you want to sponsor this.

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