Re: Editing notes in a separate file

[Xavier Scheuer]

Le Sat, 2 Jan 2010 00:32:08 -0500,
Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> a écrit :

> 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.

Which is documented there:
Notation Reference (NR) 3.2.2 "Different editions from one source"
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Different-editions-from-one-source
;-)

Cheers,
Xavier

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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>

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