Re: Editing notes in a separate file

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Michael,

> I am experimenting with methods to enter notes from a manuscript and produce 
> several typeset scores, including at least
>       • one that looks very much like the manuscript, for proof reading
>       • another that is good for performance.
> There will probably be other versions too.
> 
> Problem: the manuscript naturally has errors that need to be corrected for a 
> performance score, to say nothing of editorial changes that may do more than 
> correct errors. But I would like to make the production of performance scores 
> independent of the representation of the manuscript. Data entry from the 
> manuscript should not involve any musical correction; editing changes for a 
> performance score should not involve any change to the representation of the 
> manuscript (which has a lot of historical significance, as well as being the 
> source of the music). Corrections to note durations are particularly 
> troublesome.
> 
> I can build scripts to edit a *.ly file, say with sed, but I'd rather stick 
> entirely to Lilypond and its tools. Any pointers?

Look into \tag.

Cheers,
Kieren.