On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:20:24 +0200 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> Robert Schmaus <robert.schm...@web.de> writes: > > > I wasn't being rude, > > Rudeness is determined at the receiving end of a > communication. The best you can say is that you did not intend > to be rude. > > > just reminding the guy what his patron saint considers to be > > "objective, absolute, and immutable truth". Which everyone's > > free to believe ... as long as they keep it to themselves. > > And then I have my problems even reconciling that with what you > write here. > > > Rude would be to badmouth guys (like you & me) for trying to > > help - the advice on SE was pretty much the same as from the > > list - because they suggested that you might not understand > > what you're doing. > > LilyPond's notename philosophy happens to be from a culture > remote from the English speaking world. In Dutch or German, > you never, ever, would call a "cis" anything other than "cis". > It's not a "c sharp", namely some qualified "c". That's a > totally different note and name. There is no such thing as a > "c natural" when talking about notes. It's either "c" or not. > You don't need to specify the key signature when discussing a > chord: all note names are absolute. Always. > > LilyPond is internationalized in that it offers English > notenames, but it does not offer the accompanying notename > philosophy. And the fuzziness coming with such a philosophy is > not helpful in the context of a computer description of music, > so it's not all that likely that this will ever change. > > But that does not mean that other philosophies are only > entertained by idiots, so there is no necessity of letting that > kind of vibe come off here. > > The best advice with regard to dealing with LilyPond's notename > philosophy is to get used to it. LilyPond editing tools may > give offer some of the efficiency advantages of more flexible > naming philosophies without having ambiguities creep into the > resulting input text. > > > As for tolerance: I agree I shouldn't have made the remark in > > the first place. This is not the place for it, so sorry to > > everyone for the extra mails. But the Pius Brothers are about > > as tolerant as the IS when it comes to anything outside their > > "objective, absolute truths" (note the plural), so I simply > > couldn't suppress the urge. > > This mailing list is not the place for trying to propagate your > religious affiliations. People are invited to communicate here > about LilyPond without having to hide their gender, religion, > nationality and other parts of their identity. > > It may be worth mentioning that one priest who was grateful for > LilyPond allowing him to prepare scores suitable for the > eyesight of his older brethren gave me some part of his modest > remaining possessions when he took his vow of poverty. > > Different religious convictions do not preclude us from > treating each other with respect. Even if it means suppressing > your urges. Let's not forget that the whole idea of being > civilized is not being a slave to your urges. > Just a reminder from a Buddhist that if it weren't for the Christian church, we would not have music notation. We'd be stuck with tablature like every other society. Kindest regards, Rale -- Guitar teaching materials and original music for all styles and levels. Site: http://www.openguitar.com (()) eMail: d.raleigh.arn...@gmail.com Contact: http://www.openguitar.com/contact.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
