Re: Editing notes in a separate file

[Michael J. O'Donnell]

Thanks for pointing out \tag. I've already read up, and experimented
with it. It doesn't solve the problem, because it requires that I
anticipate every possible correction when entering the data from the MS.
The only way to get useful coverage is to tag every note with a
different tag, which is too complicated and invites other sorts of errors.

Cheers,

Mike O'Donnell

Xavier Scheuer wrote:
> 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
>
>