Re: An easy way to convert from absolute to \relative?

[David Kastrup]

Colin Campbell <address@hidden> writes:

> On 11-12-21 05:00 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Father Gordon Gilbert<address@hidden>  writes:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a number of pieces I entered quite a while ago (2.5.x, etc) in
>>> absolute pitch -- being the easiest for me at the time.
>>>
>>> But now I'd like to update them (2.15.x), and while convert-ly does a
>>> good job of changing up the basic syntax, I'd like to know if there's
>>> an easy way of getting rid of all the ' and , so the piece can be done
>>> in \relative mode.  I did "search and replace" on one long piece,
>>> which resulted in well over an hour's work fixing octaves.  Can this
>>> be automated?
>> This appears on the feature list of the LilyPond editor Frescobaldi
>> <URL:http://frescobaldi.org>.
>
> AOL!  Frescobaldi has become my LilyPond editor of choice; many thanks
> to Wilbert!

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think as opposed to things like LyX or
NoteEdit(?), Frescobaldi displays, edits and saves the files as plain
LilyPond source.  So you could use it for one-time conversions without
having your source code arrangement go up in flames.

-- 
David Kastrup