Re: LilyPond and ConTeXt

[Marc Hohl]

Am 08.09.2013 11:20, schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:
> Am 2013-09-06 um 23:50 schrieb Marc Hohl <address@hidden>:
>
> > Am 06.09.2013 19:12, schrieb David Rogers:
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > There have been several methods in the history of LilyPond for
> > > integrating LilyPond scores with ConTeXt documents (ConTeXt is a newer
> > > more-flexible system somewhat analogous to LaTeX).
> > >
> > > Right now, which is the best choice for putting ConTeXt and LilyPond
> > > together? (Your answer might be "Don't bother, just use LaTeX", if you
> > > have a good reason for saying that.)
> >
> > Hehe – just use LaTeX ;-)
>
> I would not. Let’s not start a flame war here.

I did not intend to start a flame war, I was just quoting David's
remark ;-)
> > I stumbled across this problem some time ago and found
> > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/LilyPond
> >
> > which might work or not, but since this project would have been the first try 
> > to get a grip with ConTeXt and I didn't manage to get even
> > the stuff mentioned in this link up and running,
>
> Can you tell me, what your problems were? I’d like to enhance the documentation.

Well, I don't remember exactly where my problems were – it is just that
I work for 20 years with LaTeX, so I am quite familiar with it, whereas
playing half an hour with ConTeXt did not show up any included scores,
so I deinstalled it.

Nevertheless, I'd like to give ConTeXt a try in the future ...
> > I decided to use
> > XeLaTeX and lilypond-book for the simple reason that I find it easier to
> > find help on the web concerning LaTeX-specific problems ;-)
>
>
> Of course the LaTeX community is bigger. If LaTeX fits your needs, use it.

It worked quite well for my project, but not out-of-the-box, as you may
guess ;-)

> ConTeXt needs a bit more own handicraft, but then you have all the adjustings 
> screws at your fingertips.
> I prefer the "accessibility" of ConTeXt’s setup commands over writing/adapting 
> LaTeX style files that
> never *completely* fit your needs. And I don’t want to know about 
conflicting packages...

ConTeXt seems to be monolithic and this makes it very interesting for
me.

My personal problem (or call it style of approach) is that I learned
LaTeX by buying Helmut Kopkas books and worked right through them from
cover to cover.
I miss a book that does the same for ConTeXt.

And yes, I know that there is *a lot* of information/manuals/stuff
about ConTeXt available, but printing 400+ pages of the manual and
placing it on my desktop is not the same as a good book that takes
you by the hand and explains everything from simple to complicated.

I may be outdated, but this is my preferred way of getting a grip on
ConTeXt ;-)

But I think this became quite off-topic now.

Regards,

Marc