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nwc2ly.py

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Zz85-nds
on December 2, 2007
in Music, Technology and lilytool
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[update] 30 Dec 09. Since sourceforge has move their repository, I did some digging and here’s the latest link to the old nwc2ly.py source code.

Just a quick post here because there are 3 exams papers in the next few days which I’m not prepared for yet.

Having to do some quick typesetting, I found it useful to use the tool nwc2ly.py I did few years back.

There are few issues I’ll address here as the website is outdated with some invalid html.

1st. the link to get the script is can be downloaded or viewed using sourceforge online svn browser here.

2nd. my email previously at joshakoo/at/myrealbox.com has been abandoned years since
a. I couldn’t seemed to log on at times. b. Some messages could be deleted from the server, and some downloads seem stuck using the pop3. c. It was filled with spam. I can be contacted via zz85/at/users.sf.net anyway.

Anyway here’s some tips for using nwc2ly.py. If there a piece of music available in midi format, I would import it using NoteWorthy Composer. Then I’ll clean up and highlight the parts which I need. I’ll create a new NWC file, and add a single staff in as I found the script usually work without flaws this way.

I’ll run the nwc2ly python script, followed by the lilypond’s convert-ly script to update to the latest syntax. I’ll run lilypond and maybe make some extra changes and fine tune the score. I usually work with LilyPondTool in jEdit and except that the shortcuts for running nwc2ly and convert-ly don’t seem to work for now, but can only look into it when I got the time.

Thats for now, and hopefully anyone who needed help to use nwc2ly.py could have gotten some tips here.

LilyPondTool updates

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Zz85
on February 22, 2007
in Ideas, Interesting Stuff and lilytool
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I’ve distracted long enough to be lost from the lilypond and lilytool world.

Was surfing round the lilypond mailing list web archives I found several updates interesting enough to share.

Bert, the creator of LilyPondTool, created a new webbie for LilypondTool at http://lilypondtool.organum.hu/

Bert now has his own blog over at http://briffid.blogspot.com/

LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 are available for download. From what I can see, the installation is much simple on linux than before with its installer script, and I see ample windows builds (Wait till I buy vista before windows again). As usual new features keep coming in.

LilyPondTool 2.10.4 released Seems it has many new features including

LilyPondTool 2.10 demo is released demonstrating some of the most exciting features -instant errorchecking, instant help, instant point-and-click). See more cool demos

There’s this new webpage called A-Play was first seen here then mentioned as a shell for lilypond and discussed more over here Now, I don’t really get the entire idea of how to use it, but I already had the idea of how it should be used before I ever seen of this.

(This paragraph contain random thoughts)
In no way to suggest bad for lilytool in anyway, but I feel the web platform would be the way really for lilypond to reach out to the masses. I mean, what can be harder than opening a web browser compared to installing >10mb of stuff. Normal users would most likely seen a web browser 10x more than file editor, which cuts down lots more learning curve for interface alone. Graphical interface could be easily implemented in html too. Expert users can use a textarea with autosave feature enabled, providing a portability around the world. Syntax highlighting, indentation can be done with a iframe. Shortcuts can be added to keyevents. Snippets can be drag and drop or provided via menu or toolbars. Combined with good server side support to store, render and process, and server/browser communication using AJAX to provide seamless integration between user and machine, it seems only good can come out from this. Well of course this is another of my wild imaginations, although I think its not fairly difficult to implement, not many people who can implement will do it, but perhaps an employee or someone in his 20% time might do it for fun.

Lastly I glad that even LilyPond’s “boss” Hans-Wen has openly supported LilyTool as a “official recommended tool”. Kudos to Bert! Well, as this point of time I can’t wait to open my development tools like Eclipse and start coding goodies for LilyPondTool, but not yet. Got to install a running copy of jEdit with its plugin first. Then settle lots of other stuff I needa do, followed by keep a cool head to not to rush, keep the ideas and program well.

Slow and steady wins the race.