I would like to propose moving one section of the Extending manual to the Notation Reference.
The criterion we have used before for deciding what needed to go in the Extending manual was that if it needed Scheme code, it should be in Extending. I see some rationale behind this, but I'd like to propose an exception. In working with overrides, we need to introduce some Scheme data structures (such as lists used for property overrides). I don't think that's inappropriate. The simplest form of music function, the simple substitution function, requires virtually no knowledge of scheme, as all of the output is created in .ly code. Granted, there is a Scheme wrapper, but the Scheme wrapper is a constant. All that is needed is to decide upon the variable types, figure out the type checks, and put the .ly code in the appropriate place. I believe this level of sophistication is available to the advance LilyPond user who is not a Scheme programmer. I propose that this section go into the NR. I've made a patch set to show what I'm thinking. Please review it: http://codereview.appspot.com/179098 Thanks, Carl _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
