[LAD] Improvisor lilypond support!?

[Grammostola Rosea]

Robert Keller wrote:
>
> On Jun 11, 2009, at 5:19 AM, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>
>> lasconic wrote:
>>> I took some time yesterday night to take a look to improvisor code and
>>> estimate the cost of adding musicXML export. Import is indeed more
>>> complicated.
>>> I downloaded the code of improvisor 3.39. It's the last and only code
>>> available. Improvisor inner model is a little bit different than 
>>> musicXML
>>> one. Common practice in musicXML is to don't "time" the chords and 
>>> put them
>>> in the middle of notes. At least, this is my experience with finale 
>>> musicXML
>>> export features. I managed to make a quick and dirty prototype to 
>>> export a simple melody (no
>>> tuplet) and chord root and bass (no extension yet). Chords are in 
>>> between
>>> notes but lily+musicML2ly shoud be able to deal with it. 
>>> Unfortunately, 3.39
>>> is an old version, and according to Bob Keller the code base changed 
>>> a lot
>>> but it's not public yet.  With some more voices, perhaps we can 
>>> convince Bob Keller and his team to
>>> open up the repository to the public. After all, improvisor is a 
>>> fine piece
>>> of software which can benefit from open development, moreover if 
>>> time and
>>> resources are an issue.
>>>
>>> Lasconic
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks man. I'll forward this to Bob Keller too.
>> I think he mentioned in a message that he is willing to give 
>> developers svn access to the recent code.
>>
>> Bob, could you comment on this?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> \r
>>
>
> I'll be looking toward moving Impro-Visor to a public repository, as 
> soon as I stabilize the current version, which I hope will be before 
> the end of June. 
Ah that's good news. Thanks.

> Is SourceForge the best bet?
>
>
I think SourceForge is good, but others might think different (I have 
little experience with it myself, others?)

Let us know when it's up there.

Kind regards

\r