Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

[Mike Solomon]

On Aug 25, 2011, at 9:05 AM, Martin Tarenskeen wrote:

> 2. Finale's and Sibelius' MusicXML import isn't 100% perfect either. Yes, 
> when Finale exports a MusicXML file and then imports the same MusicXML file 
> the result will be quite good. But I would not be surprised if importing 
> MusicXML from other programs is much less perfect. Even if MusicXML was 
> invented exactly to make that possible.
> 

The issue with Finale and Sibelius exporting is user overrides.  I can drag a 
markup over the last note in my score to be in the position of the title and 
it'll look just fine in Finale, but LilyPond will have no clue what to do with 
it.  The nice thing about LilyPond is that, most often, things are what they 
are (titles are actually titles, etc.)

Cheers,
MS