General ⇒ Desperation setting in

[LaTeXitty]

Having seen what TeX is capable of, and having tried to get a specialised system working, I am now seriously considering hiring someone to install a working system for me. Has anyone heard of a software engineer with the necessary experience, preferably in the NE Vermont area of the USA?

Thank you

[josephwright]

You could perhaps tell us what is wrong more specifically!

[LaTeXitty]

Thanks. I am trying to get a MusixTeX installation set up specifically to engrave facsimiles of early music sources notated using neumes and mensural notation forms but I'm afraid the complexity (latest problem seems to be fonts) seems to be a bit beyond me.

[localghost]

I never faced the necessity of typesetting sheet music so I'm not sure if this advice will be helpful. But have you ever thought about using Lilypond? It understands LaTeX syntax but I'm not sure if it can export LaTeX source code.


Best regards
Thorsten

[LaTeXitty]

I like what I've seen of Lilypond's capabilities, and IIRC it can be interfaced to LaTeX (assuming the system is working properly, but at present I am obliged to produce pdf scores using other software then integrate them into documents using the \includepdf{} command) but I'm not sure how simple it would be to set up for neumes or mensural notation. (I am asking questions along those lines elsewhere).