a very odd question especially for me.

Sat Jul 25 02:56:47 UTC 2015

I am going to recommend emacs for your editor since emacs has some extra 
files that can be installed that provide support for lilypond.

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:56:59
> From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: a *very* odd question especially for me.
> 
> Some responses below in line ...
>
>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> How scriptable is Linux?
>
> Eminently scriptable. You can script in any Linux shell. I recommend bash. You need to learn how to use a text editor like emacs or vim.
>
> Then, start your bash scripting education with:
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
>
>> ...
>> In the DOS operating system one could create .bat files that managed
>> several tasks with a single file.
>> the autoexec.bat file is a good example.
>> You can create them with a text editor, no major complex commands
>> required.
>
>
> Your linux equivalents, if your shell is bash, will be files like:
>
> .bashrc
> .bash_profile or perhaps .profile
>
> Note the leading dot. It's important.
>
>> If Linux has this ability, and I would be surprised if it did not,
>> here is
>> the situation.
>> I am a professional singer.  When I perform I use real musicians, not
>> their electronic equals which means I require arrangements for them to
>> play.
>> I am writing a grand deal of material these days, and if I am going
>> to get
>> that material recorded  I must do the following.
>> 1 get the parts out of my head and into sheet music form, most likely
>> using a well outfitted keyboard instrument's for part of the job.
>> 2 confirm via playback that what I have done will sound when played as
>> desired.
>> and 3. get the material printed, or into printable form.
>>
>
> The linux application for creating printed musical scores is called
> Lilypond.
>
> Lilypond prints beautiful scores. Or, so I'm told when I've printed
> lilypond files.
>
> Lilypond will also generate midi files so that you can listen to what
> you've composed.
>
> Lilypond is driven by straight forward  ASCII text files. So, here
> again, your text editor, be it emacs, vim, o whatever, is all you need.
> If you can learn to write them correctly, you can generate printable
> scores, and pass them out as paper printouts, or .ly or .pdf files. And,
> you can generate midi files, as noted.
>
> Lilypond is not trivial to learn, of course, because it's a powerful
> notation tool, and denoting all the particulars involved in musical
> scoring via words is not trivial.
>
> Learn about lilypond at:
> http://lilypond.org
>
> Lastly, the Mutopia Project publishes Lilypond scores. You can retrieve
> these scores on their web site and examine the .ly files directly.
> Mutopia has simple scores of hymns and folk songs, as well as entire
> symphonies by Brahms and Beethoven.
>
>
> Find Mutopia at:
> http://www.mutopiaproject.org
>
>> Now, I know there are allot of  command line programs in Linux
>> distributions that can  accomplish my goals.
>> The problem for me is getting the Linux side of the computing functional,
>> or at the very least, a way for me to ssh telnet into a box using my dos
>> setup to run the programs themselves.
>
>
> Setting up linux with a sound card and lilypond, plus a network
> connection isn't rocket science. It's trivial. You can ssh in, or you
> can use Speakup directly.
>
>> Yes there is a question here!
>> assuming I could get the computer hardware with the kind of quality
>> soundcard to Handel the multiple-track playback, is it possible to do the
>> following.
>> 1, is Linux distribution is installed correctly in the first place, ssh
>> telnet  into that machine from my main one and
>> 2, using  scripting , assuming this can be done simply, create a set of
>
>
> Now, Karen, you're going wrong, like I recall you always going wrong.
> You're making up how things work, and that's not how they work at all.
>
> Scripting has nothing to do with learning and using Lilypond.
>
>> .bat file equivalents to run the various  programs I need from the
>> command
>> line?
>>
>
> Wrong. That's not how things work.
>
>> The other major hardware involved is no hardship.  I have a combination
>> modem/rooter which works with both wireless and wired devices and
>> multiple
>> ports for the wired connection.
>> I share that because I know even if I am not running anything directly
>> from the Linux computer itself, it does need an Ethernet connection of
>> some kind generating some kind of ip for me to use for the ssh -telnet.
>> again the idea is to do well basically what I do here for shellworld, and
>> with other services.
>> treat this box like a shell, ssh TELNET into it,  run the scripts
>> for the
>> music programs I desire, and leave.  The box will not  even need
>> speech as
>> I plan to use it.
>> Possible at all?
>
>
> Of course. Again, it's trivial.
>
> For that matter, you could probably do your Lilypond on shellworld,
> though you'd have to download any midi files you generated to hear them.
>
> Janina
>
>> Karen
>>
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