Re: mutopia's shortcomings

[Anthonys Lists]

On 24/04/2015 12:42, Gilles wrote:
> Even if not everyone will agree on "the" standard layout, I feel that it
> is extremely important to define one, with the maximum flexibility. 

The problem arises, of course, when there are existing, conflicting, 
standards.

There IS a standard out there, to which pretty much EVERY Brass Band 
march part I've seen adheres to (probably B&H house style, as they are 
the dominant publisher), that lilypond just does not produce by default. 
Yet talk to an orchestral musician and I guess many of them would say 
that the lilypond style feels "natural".

If you impose a single style, you are pretty much guaranteeing that 
certain branches of music will stay away because the "house" style is 
just totally "wrong".

At a minimum, you need different basic styles for different types of 
music. Of course, if style sheets become a lilypond reality, that will 
make life a lot better in that respect ...

Cheers,
Wol