Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanw...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Ian Hulin <i...@hulin.org.uk> wrote: > > >>> Why can't the validation procedure look in multiple places? >>> >> >> Because this means serious fiddling with the maoing markup code. I >> really hope you didn't write it because I agree with David, it's a fetid >> pile of Dingo's kidneys to maintain, and I fear it'll take me a >> lo-o-o-ong time and much cursing and swearing to change it. > > While I can appreciate your sentiment, can we cut the swearing? It was > written by Nicolas Sceaux who is much more fluent at writing Scheme > code than I have ever been. Have you tried contacting him?
Why? We know what it does and how. The problem is mapping this macro-heavy approach revolving around the markup macro to Guilev2. Personally, I consider the markup macro not a good fit with the rest of Lilypond's architecture and available Scheme fluency. But we are not in a situation to be able to afford a redesign, and the Guilev2 problems are of quite elemental nature and not particularly tied to the markup macro. I don't think we can afford the brittleness that currently shows in connection with the markup macro to rear its head anywhere. I don't think we can afford a "dear user, please don't use macros in your Lilypond project since we don't know how to keep Guilev2 from breaking then" policy. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
