Re: [Denemo-devel] Import filter for CapXML

[Andreas Schneider]

Am 14.04.2015 um 10:19 schrieb Richard Shann:
> I could be of more help if you decide to go with generating a scheme
> script as I have done this fairly recently. I didn't write the denemo
> xml format so I know less about it - besides some obsolete forms it has
> an overly-sophisticated method of giving staffs and voices id's and then
> looking them up later. It is a more abstract way of describing the
> Denemo music data which would be appropriate if there were ambitions for
> the denemo format to be used by other programs.
> Using the scheme script to build the music will be more robust as the
> rule is never to change the semantics of a Denemo scheme procedure - we
> just create a new one, while the .denemo format does evolve slowly. 
> 
> So practicality and elegance are negatively correlated between the three
> methods we have come up with!

I see. Without having any knowledge about Denemo's internals, I would
surmise that for each built-in Scheme command there is a C function that
imlements it. Is that true? And if yes, can I use those C functions
directly? That would be a fourth, more elegant way.

Andreas