Re: Best support programs for Lilypond

[Martin Tarenskeen]

On Sun, 6 Mar 2016, Stan Mulder wrote:

> Just wondering how to achieve the best output with supporting programs when
> working with Lilypond. I find Frescobaldi a huge leap forward in using
> Lilypond. Frescobaldi increases productivity many times.
>
> Are there any other programs I should be using to speed the notation process?

To speed up things some people prefer "more" others prefer "less".

The "less" method: Use a spartanic but superfast texteditor like vim/gvim 
or emacs. Especially experienced editor users, often geeky programmers, 
find this the fastest way

The "more" method: You already experienced the joy of using Frescobaldi.
Denemo is another GUI based program to create Lilypond scores.

Also you can use a GUI score editor like Finale, Sibelius, or, if you like 
many of us prefer free Open Source software, use MuseScore. Then you can 
export as MusicXML, and then import this in Frescobaldi (uses 
musicxml2ly). I find MuseScore easier/faster for composing and arranging 
music, but frescobaldi/lilypond easier/faster to create publishing quality 
good looking scores.

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MT