Re: Write a custom backend?

[Knut Petersen]

Am 14.09.2016 um 12:19 schrieb David Kastrup:
> Of course it is not "necessary to rewrite the code in Scheme first"
> before making changes to it.  But for one thing, not a lot will happen
> without it, for another, without some generally useful output definition
> possibilities, backends like Braille, MusicXML, and others will require
> individual programming and end up, if at all, individually maintained.
>
> That's why I said "great project".  Not "prerequisite".
Thanks, I understand that point now.

Currently we have \layout{} and \midi{}. What backends would be fine to have?
You mentioned \braille{} and \musicxml{}, I'd like to add \audio{} and \video{}
to the list.

Maybe there should be some kind of stripped down generic backend
example first (like those example drivers in the linux kernel) to help people
to understand how to integrate a backend driver and hopefully boost
developement of real drivers?

Cheers,
 Knut