@c -*-texinfo-*-
-@node Importing other formats
-@chapter Importing other formats
+@node Converting from other formats
+@chapter Converting from other formats
+
+Music can be entered also by importing it from other formats. This
+chapter documents the tools included in the distribution to do so.
+There are other tools that produce LilyPond input, for example GUI
+sequencers and XML converters. Refer to the
+@uref{http://lilypond.org,website} for more details.
+
+
@menu
-* Importing MIDI::
-* Importing Finale ::
-* Importing ABC::
-* Importing PMX::
-* Importing Musedata ::
-* Importing MUP::
+* Invoking convert-ly:: Older LilyPond versions.
+* Invoking midi2ly:: Importing MIDI.
+* Invoking etf2ly:: Importing Finale.
+* Invoking abc2ly:: Importing ABC.
+* Invoking pmx2ly:: Importing PMX.
+* Invoking musedata2ly:: Importing Musedata.
+* Invoking mup2ly:: Importing MUP.
@end menu
-@node Importing MIDI
-@section Importing MIDI
+
+@node Invoking convert-ly
+@section Invoking convert-ly
+
+Convert-ly sequentially applies different conversions to upgrade a
+LilyPond input file. It uses @code{\version} statements in the file to
+detect the old version number. For example, to upgrade all LilyPond
+files in the current directory and its subdirectories, use
+@example
+ convert-ly -e --to=1.3.150 `find . -name '*.ly' -print`
+@end example
+
+The program is invoked as follows:
+@example
+ convert-ly [@var{option}]@dots{} @var{file}@dots{}
+@end example
+
+
+The following options can be given:
+
+@table @code
+@item -e,--edit
+ Do an inline edit of the input file. Overrides @code{--output}.
+@item -f,--from=@var{from-patchlevel}
+ Set the level to convert from. If this is not set, convert-ly will
+ guess this, on the basis of @code{\version} strings in the file.
+@item -o,--output=@var{file}
+ Set the output file to write.
+@item -n,--no-version
+ Normally, convert-ly adds a @code{\version} indicator
+ to the output. Specifying this option suppresses this.
+@item -s, --show-rules
+ Show all known conversions and exit.
+@item --to=@var{to-patchlevel}
+ Set the goal version of the conversion. It defaults to the latest
+ available version.
+@item -h, --help
+ Print usage help.
+@end table
+
+
+
+@refbugs
+
+Not all language changes are handled. Only one output option can be specified.
+
+@node Invoking midi2ly
+@section Invoking midi2ly
@cindex MIDI
to import files from a program that has no converter for its native
format.
+@file{midi2ly} will convert tracks into @internalsref{Staff} and
+channels into @internalsref{Voice} contexts. Relative mode is used
+for pitches, durations are only written when necessary.
+
It is possible to record a MIDI file using a digital keyboard, and then
convert it to @file{.ly}. However, human players are not rhythmically
exact enough to make a MIDI to LY conversion trivial. midi2ly tries to
The following options are supported by midi2ly:
@table @code
-@item -b, --no-quantify,
- Write exact durations, e.g.: `a4*385/384'.
-@item -D, --debug,
- Print lots of debugging stuff.
-@item -h, --help,
- Show a summary of usage.
-@item -I, --include=@var{dir},
- Add @var{dir} to search path.
-@item -k, --key=@var{acc}[:@var{minor}],
+@item -a, --absolute-pitches
+ Print absolute pitches.
+@item -d, --duration-quant=@var{DUR}
+ Quantise note durations on @var{DUR}.
+@item -e, --explicit-durations
+ Print explicit durations.
+@item -h,--help
+ Show summary of usage.
+@item -k, --key=@var{acc}[:@var{minor}]
Set default key. @var{acc} > 0 sets number of sharps; @var{acc} < 0
-sets number
- of flats. A minor key is indicated by ":1".
-@item -n, --no-silly,
- Assume no plets or double dots, assume smallest (reciprocal) duration 16.
-@item -o, --output=@var{file},
- Set @var{file} as default output.
-@item -p, --no-plets,
- Assume no plets.
-@item -q, --quiet,
- Be quiet.
-@item -s, --smallest=N,
- Assume no shorter (reciprocal) durations than N.
-@item -v, --verbose,
+ sets number of flats. A minor key is indicated by ":1".
+@item -o, --output=@var{file}
+ Write output to @var{file}.
+@item -s, --start-quant=@var{DUR}
+ Quantise note starts on DUR.
+@item -t, --allow-tuplet=@var{DUR}*@var{NUM}/@var{DEN}
+ Allow tuplet durations @var{DUR}*@var{NUM}/@var{DEN}.
+@item -V, --verbose
Be verbose.
-@item -w, --warranty,
- Show the warranty with which midi2ly comes. (It comes with @strong{NO WARRANTY}!)
-@item -x, --no-double-dots,
- Assume no double dotted notes.
+@item -v, --version
+ Print version number.
+@item -w, --warranty
+ Show warranty and copyright.
+@item -x, --text-lyrics
+ Treat every text as a lyric.
@end table
-@node Importing Finale
-@section Importing Finale
+@node Invoking etf2ly
+@section Invoking etf2ly
@cindex ETF
@cindex enigma
etf2ly [@var{option}]@dots{} @var{etf-file}
@end example
-The following options are supported by etf2ly.
+The following options are supported by etf2ly:
@table @code
@item -h,--help
this help
@refbugs
The list of articulation scripts is incomplete. Empty measures confuse
-etf2ly.
+etf2ly. Sequences of grace notes are ended improperly sometimes.
-@node Importing ABC
-@section Importing ABC
+@node Invoking abc2ly
+@section Invoking abc2ly
@cindex ABC
-ABC is a fairly simple ASCII based format. It is described at
-@uref{http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc2mtex/abc.txt}. abc2ly
-translates from ABC to LilyPond. It is invoked as follows:
+ABC is a fairly simple ASCII based format. It is described at the abc site:
+@quotation
+@uref{http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc2mtex/abc.txt}.
+@end quotation
+abc2ly translates from ABC to LilyPond. It is invoked as follows:
@example
abc2ly [@var{option}]@dots{} @var{abc-file}
print version information.
@end table
-There is a rudimentary facility for adding lilypond code to the ABC
+There is a rudimentary facility for adding LilyPond code to the ABC
source file. If you say:
@example
@end example
This will cause the text following the keyword ``voices'' to be inserted
-into the current voice of the lilypond output file.
+into the current voice of the LilyPond output file.
-Similarly:
+Similarly,
@example
%%LY slyrics more words
abc2ly ignores the ABC beaming.
-@node Importing PMX
-@section Importing PMX
+@node Invoking pmx2ly
+@section Invoking pmx2ly
PMX is a MusiXTeX preprocessor written by Don Simons. More information
on PMX is available from the following site:
@quotation
-@uref{http://icking-music-archive.sunsite.dk/Misc/Music/musixtex/software/pmx/}.
+@uref{http://icking-music-archive.org/Misc/Music/musixtex/software/pmx/}.
@end quotation
@cindex PMX
@cindex MusiXTeX
@cindex Simons, Don
-
pmx2ly converts from PMX to LilyPond input. The program is invoked as
follows:
version information
@end table
+@refbugs
+
+This script was updated last in September 2000, and then successfully
+converted the @file{barsant.pmx} example from the PMX
+distribution. pmx2ly cannot parse more recent PMX files.
+
-@node Importing Musedata
-@section Importing Musedata
+@node Invoking musedata2ly
+@section Invoking musedata2ly
@cindex Musedata
@cindex CCARH
@refbugs
-musedata2ly converts only a small subset musedata.
+@file{musedata2ly} converts only a small subset of musedata.
-@node Importing MUP
-@section Importing MUP
+@node Invoking mup2ly
+@section Invoking mup2ly
MUP (Music Publisher) is a shareware music notation program by Arkkra
-Enterprises. It is also the name of the input format. Mup2ly will
-convert part of a Mup file to a ready-to-use LilyPond file. Mup2ly is
-invoked as follows:
+Enterprises. Mup2ly will convert part of a Mup file to LilyPond
+format. It is invoked as follows:
@cindex Music Publisher
@cindex MUP
@table @code
@item -d,--debug
show what constructs are not converted, but skipped.
-@item D, --define=@var{name}[=@code{exp}]
+@item -D, --define=@var{name}[=@code{exp}]
define macro @var{name} with opt expansion @code{exp}
@item -E,--pre-process
only run the pre-processor
@refbugs
-Currently, only plain notes (pitches, durations), voices and staves are
+Currently, only plain notes (pitches, durations), voices, and staves are
converted.
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