Re: Appreciation / Financial support

[Marc Hohl]

Am 30.05.2012 00:02, schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:
> Am 2012-05-29 um 20:07 schrieb David Kastrup:
>
> > > If it is for easy user scripting: Lua. Flexible, easy to learn,
> > > especially designed for that purpose.
> >
> > Yup.  And fast.  And easily mappable to a different language like
> > LilyPond.  String or symbol?  Not a choice you need to make, there are
> > only interned strings.  List, array, hashtable, records?  Not a choice
> > you need to make, there are only tables.  And so on.
> >
> > > Both have in common that there is a big user base,
> >
> > Lua does not have such a large user base.  More like a fan base.
> > Python, in contrast, is solidly mainstream.
>
> I dream of a chimera of LuaTeX and LilyPond, that would be ideal for 
> my not-only-musical typesetting needs...
+1

(Well I know: patches were thoughtfully considered)

Despite the fact that lilypond-book is available, I try to include all 
textual information in my .ly files.
if only the line breaking algorithm of TeX were available as a library 
... ;-)

Regards,

Marc