[LAU] Musical Score Editors - some advice for beginners

[david]

Arnold Krille wrote:
> On Thursday 24 September 2009 19:45:20 david wrote:
>> David Baron wrote:
>>> rosegarden   also does scoring. I found it nearly impossible to use for
>>> this. It is one of the most complete DAW programs in linux but is now
>>> dated, stuck with KDE3, could not run on KDE4. Being converted to QT4?
>> Yes. Although some of us do not necessarily consider QT4 a good thing.
> 
> Yeah, its a pity Qt isn't ported to that Emacs-OS-thing...
> 
> Seriously, its just a tool-set. It doesn't matter which brand of hammer you 
> use, if you get the nail to hold the picture, all is fine. Don't dismiss the 
> craftsmen for using the tools he uses.
 >
> Some people like the fact that Qt is usable on a lot of platforms without 
> changing a single line of code. Some people like the fact that it integrates 
> perfectly into the host-OS gui-wise. And some people like the fact that while 
> they are free to write open-source with Qt, they can also buy professional 
> support from the manufacturer.

Oh, I'm not complaining about QT in general. I'm complaining about QT4 
and the "forced migration" it appears to be doing to everyone. To wit, a 
lot of good enhancements and bug fixing in Rosegarden is on extended 
hold until the devs finish slogging through porting it to QT4.

I guess I think there should have been much more "backwards 
compatibility" in QT4 ...

Now don't get me started about the waste of time/resources known as 
KDE4! ;-)

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David
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