Re: Accidentals: Unwanted naturals

[Kees van den Doel]

> > > these programs operate as you describe
> >
> > Okay, then they *do* use (essentially) the same method as Lilypond,
> > not some "visually-oriented" method which "follows the key 
> signature"...>
> 
> Not so. In Sibelius, you put the key signature, e.g. F sharp 
> major, then
> type
> the plain letter names, e.g. f g a b c d e f which plays back as 
> the scale

I was talking about MIDI keyboard entry.

> of F sharp major. The Lilypond method seems a bit odd to start with,
> but "es" and "is" are easily typed. What's the point of 
> quibbling over it.
> As Graham says, the coders got there first.
> 
> > So is there *any* example of an application which tries to "follow
> > the key signature" for someone?
> >
> Yes - Sibelius.

ABC too. And I never liked it.

Kees