Re: Sibelius user looking for the easiest way to learn LilyPond

[James Harkins]

Antonio Gervasoni <agervasoni <at> gmail.com> writes:
> There is one reason: software like Sibelius and Finale need even more tweaks
> than Lilypond!

For a concrete example of this (never mind the vacation chatter):

http://www.dewdrop-world.net/words/blog5.php/2011/07/11/the-year-s-over-and-done

Lilypond's collision avoidance algorithms handle that case elegantly, with NO 
monkeying about. As I recall, Finale could never get that right. It was always: 
special tools, horizontal positioning, drag (and hope future "Update layout" 
operations wouldn't break it)... slash wrists... repeat...

hjh