[JW Lua] public call for scripts commissioning

[Paul W. Palm]

I have reviewed the JW Lua: Group Scripts demo on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDgy34xeNBY


I believe that each script can be improved with the following user settings:


dynamics_horizpos.lua = center dynamics [needs ability to select positioning (e.g. left of all noteheads, left of primary notehead, stem, center of primary notehead, center of all noteheads, and right of all noteheads), with a saved default value]

artic_slurs.lua = move outer articulations [needs ability to select both the unit (e.g. EPVUs, inches, cm, points, picas, and spaces) and the gap (e.g. 6, 1.5, etc.), with saved default values]

dynamics_artics.lua = move dynamics that collide with articulations [needs ability to select both the unit and the gap, with saved default values]

dynamics_hairpins.lua = reshape hairpins around dynamics [needs ability to select both the unit and the whitespace gap on both sides (2 values) for each dynamic (e.g. pppp, ppp, pp, p, mp, etc.)*, with saved default values]

barenreiter_hairpinends.lua = end hairpins that lack a dynamic [needs ability to select positioning (e.g. left of all noteheads, left of primary notehead, stem, center of primary notehead, center of all noteheads, and right of all noteheads), with a saved default value]

vcenter_dynamics_hairpins.lua = vertically align hairpins & dynamics [needs ability to select both the unit (e.g. EPVUs, inches, cm, points, picas, and spaces) and the gap (e.g. 6, -1.5, etc.) relative to the lowest dynamic (default would be 0), with saved default values]


Ideally, these scripts would respect the Units setting in each document's Document Options and, therefore, not require the selection of a Units measurement in any of them.


*Note that in the YouTube video demo, hairpins that end at mp, mf, and f dynamics are too close (in my opinion).


I am asking that Jari publicly quote a price for commissioning these scripts (with the above refinements).  From there, a period of time will be allotted for anyone interested in them to pledge participation in a crowd-sourced funding of the commission.  The cost would be evenly distributed amongst this group, each buying use of the 6 Finale 2014 scripts developed by Jari.

Comments/Suggestions?


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Dr. Paul W. Palm, DMA
Scholarly Brass Editions
Lutz, FL  33549-3560  (USA)
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