Re: engraving comparisons and other "promotional" materials

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On 07/12/13 20:05, Urs Liska wrote:
> I have to throw in a comparison:
> http://lilypond.ursliska.de/uploads/pics/07_02.png
> http://lilypond.ursliska.de/uploads/pics/finale2008_one-system.png
>
> These are an excerpt from a copyright piece, but I've got permission to display
> in the context of a tutorial and of a blog post (they're in my plain text essay
> on the blog).
> I think this is a very good example for the fact that LilyPond often manages to
> produce legible layout even if it fails. Actually the only thing that's _really_
> wrong with this example is the long slur - but that's of the kind I wouldn't
> expect any automated engraving to manage.
> Finale (admittedly 2008 - but LilyPond is 2.13 too IIRC) managed to clash about
> every conceivable grob in this case.

Yes, but you're comparing default behaviour to default behaviour.  I think we 
can all agree that Lilypond almost invariably wins in that comparison.

The reason I proposed a competent-user-vs-competent-user comparison is that a 
competent user wouldn't leave those clashes in place but would manually tweak 
them.  If those manual tweaks are quick-and-easy to make, then those faults of 
default behaviour may be considered much less serious.