Re: gnome-print and GnomeCanvas

[Ben Collins-Sussman <bsussman inso com>]

Federico Mena Quintero <federico@redhat.com> writes:

> Consider that you may have different display modes for the music
> program:
> 
> 	- WYSIWYG with pages and page numbers.
> 
> 	- Just the staves, wrapped to the width of the screen,
> 	  allowing for vertical scrolling for the whole score.
> 
> 	- A long horizontal score, for seeing the music in "linear"
>           mode.

This sounds just like Finale(tm), the absolute best and most expensive
music typesetting software.  I use it all the time. :)


> The canvas will support printing shortly.  Even so, if you want really
> high-quality typography, you'll need to be able to use the print API
> directly.

This is a big relief.  For now, I'll focus on the canvas, and just
trust that down the road I'll have my choice of built-in canvas
printing functionality vs. fine-tuned typography via gnome-print...