Thanks. I was just trying to do what I used to do before version 22. I could transfer my musical thoughts to a word document anywhere I happened to be, not just my own computer.
And what's this? No more LilyPad in 7 months?? Bari On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 4:00 PM Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote: > > > 2. I do some of my rough drafts in MSWord and transfer the notations to > > LilyPad. BUT as of version 22, I have a problem with quotation marks and > > apostrophes. MSWord uses curly quote marks and curly apostrophes as a > > default, which I would hate to change. And LilyPad is now only > recognizing > > straight ones. Curly commas are OK, but I have to manually change the > > quotes and apostrophes after transferring the text to the .ly document, > in > > order to prevent strings of weird code. I always miss a couple, which > > drives me nuts. (I'm halfway there as it is.) Can this be put back the > way > > it was? > > > Simple: don’t use MS Word to edit LilyPond code. A rich text editor is not > a good tool to edit raw text. Taking an analogy, this request sounds a bit > as if you were trying to cut bread with your fingernails and complained > that your nail varnish prevented you from doing that. Just don’t do it that > way :-) > > Do you have any particular reason not to use LilyPad all way through? > > At any rate, LilyPad is gone in 2.23, we now only distribute binaries of > LilyPond, without a minimalistic GUI. Instead, we recommend editors like > Frescobaldi. I strongly recommend you try it, for me it was a relief. > > All the best, > Jean > > > > > > > > Respectfully submitted, > > Bari Ramsey > > _______________________________________________ > > bug-lilypond mailing list > > bug-lilypond@gnu.org > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond > > _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
