From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shelagh Manton Subject: Re: arranging and publishing music with Org-mode and lilypond Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:38:36 +1100 Message-ID: <87y6ac74tv.fsf@gmail.com> References: <036EDF1C-8609-475A-884D-F97C3F5A8807@nf.mpg.de> <4CAAD3E3.5000805@christianmoe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60658 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P3EI1-0002ps-Ow for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:39:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P3EHm-0007Td-92 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:38:59 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:36587) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P3EHl-0007TW-UF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:38:54 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P3EHj-0005Yy-6E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:38:51 +0200 Received: from 203.219.222.168 ([203.219.222.168]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:38:51 +0200 Received: from shelagh.manton by 203.219.222.168 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:38:51 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Christian Moe writes: > Hi, > > I've only used Lilypond for play, but I'd appreciate a Babel module > for Lilypond, if someone writes one. > > My use case, for which I think Org is perfect, is maintaining simple > song collections: short scores interspersed with lyrics, printable as > a booklet. It is doable now but could clearly be done better with > Babel. > > So if someone's thinking about ob-lilypond, integration with > lilypond-book as a post-processing step would be useful. > > Yours, > Christian I have had an ob-LilyPond on my list of things to do for quite a while now. If I have the next few days off, I will seriously look into it. But post integration with LilyPond-book is probably more than I would be able to handle in the short term. Cheers Shelagh > > > On 10/4/10 4:31 AM, John Hendy wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 8:24 PM, T.F. Torrey > > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> > From: Stefan Vollmar > >> > Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:26:39 +0200 >> > Subject: [Orgmode] arranging and publishing music with Org-mode >> and lilypond >> > >> > Dear all, >> > >> > I believe that many members of this list with an interest in >> music (notation/composition) might find the http://lilypond.org >> project "addictive" (in the nicest possible manner): the concept >> is rather similar to writing TeX, there is very good Emacs support >> (if you know where to look), it is all OpenSource, there is >> extensive documentation (in LaTeX format with embedded lilypond >> snippets), the print quality is excellent. >> > >> > I mention this because while arranging some piece of music >> recently, I noticed that Org-mode might be helpful in this context >> - it is probably already possible by tweaking org-babel a bit: >> lilypond encourages the user to structure music in a way that >> lends itself rather naturally to processing with Org-mode - you >> can assign a theme, a few bar with notes or even whole voices to >> variables and use them repeatedly. And imagine using Org-mode's >> outline capabilities to structure a piece of music. Exporting an >> org-file with lilypond-snippets in it to PDF or HTML might also be >> an interesting option. >> > >> > I have not yet put any effort into it and just wanted to find >> out if anybody apart from me finds the combination of Org-mode and >> lilypond (potentially) exciting. >> >> I think this is very exciting. > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >