> Le 26 juil. 2022 à 22:46, John Ramsey <ramseym...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > So, is this Frescobaldi thing something that can convert the apostrophes that > are scattered throughout the old lyric files I'm working from?
You could use search/replace, which works in many editors, including Frescobaldi. >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 4:24 PM Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote: >> >> >>>> Le 26 juil. 2022 à 22:16, John Ramsey <ramseym...@gmail.com> a écrit : >>>> >>> >>> 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. >> >> >> >> You can edit raw text on any computer. On Windows, the Windows Notepad fits >> the bill. On Linux, the default graphical raw text editor varies but is >> often Gedit. On macOS, the Textedit app works if I recall correctly. >> >> >>> And what's this? No more LilyPad in 7 months?? >>> Bari >> >> >> Yes. You’ll need either an editor with support for LilyPond (there are many, >> see https://lilypond.org/easier-editing.html) or to run LilyPond on the >> command line. >> >> Everything’s a tradeoff, and this one gave us an enormously more reliable >> setup that allows releases not to be blocked because cross-compilation would >> not work, as happened in the past. Also, it produces 64-bit binaries, so >> they’ll be faster. >> >> >> >>>> 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
