So, is this Frescobaldi thing something that can convert the apostrophes that are scattered throughout the old lyric files I'm working from?
-Bari 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 > <https://lilypond.org/easier-editing.fr.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
