I completely missed development1.ly, that is great! The way the proc is
managed is particularly useful. It seemed to me that all the ingredients
for a convenience function are already there.
I am undecided on what the best interface for it would be though, since as
Urs already mentioned there are trade-offs with each possibility. I too
think that a discussion should be had about that, to see what use-cases and
needs arise. How do you usually do that here? Do you make a new thread
asking users for feedback?
2018-02-20 9:33 GMT-03:00 David Sumbler <da...@aeolia.co.uk>:
> Thank you all for your responses to my original post, and for the
> ensuing discussion which I am following with great interest. I shall
> not reply to each response individually, mainly because I have little
> to offer that would be constructive: I made my original post because it
> was my view as a complete "newbie" to Edition Engraver, and sometimes
> comments from a naive user can be useful.
>
> To pick out a few points:
>
> On Mon, 2018-02-19 at 12:32 +0000, Urs Liska wrote:
> >
> > 19. Februar 2018 12:00, "David Sumbler" <da...@aeolia.co.uk> schrieb:
> >
> > > \editionMod test {
> > > 1 {
> > > 0/4 Voice \(
> > > 1/4 Lyrics #(make-music 'ExtenderEvent)
> > > 2/8 Voice [
> > > }
> > > 2 {
> > > 0/4 {
> > > Score {
> > > \time 3/4
> > > \tempo "Allegro" 4=135
> > > }
> > > Voice {
> > > \p
> > > \<
> > > }
> > > }
> > > 1/4 Lyrics #(make-music 'HyphenEvent)
> > > }
> > > }
> >
> > I think it can't be made to work since it's quite un-
> > LilyPond-y.
>
> Perhaps not, looking at it from a functional point of view. But
> structurally (i.e. from the human editor's point of view) it is very
> similar to something we are used to, such as:
>
> \book {
> \score {
> \new StaffGroup <<
> \new GrandStaff <<
> \new Staff { \violinOne }
> \new Staff { \violinTwo }
> >>
> \new Staff { \cello }
> >>
> \layout {
> }
> \midi { }
> }
> }
>
> and I reckon that even I could knock some Scheme together which would
> convert it back to the standard basic form where each line starts with
> \editionMod. But as a stand-alone program, which is all I could
> manage, that would not be practical.
>
> > What about something like (just a shot in the dark)
> >
> > \edMods test \with {
> > a = \with {
> > m = 1
> > mods = {
> > \eMod 1/4 Lyrics #(make-music 'ExtenderEvent)
> > \eMod 0/4 Voice \(
> > }
> > }
> > b = \with {
> > m = 2
> > mods = {
> > \eMod Score \tempo "Allegro" 4=135
> >
> > ...
>
> That might be useful for an expert but, for me, it would not help in
> finding my way around what might be quite a big file.
>
> On Mon, 2018-02-19 at 15:34 +0100, Jan-Peter Voigt wrote:
> > Hi David,
> >
> > Urs already answered. I understand your concerns about the input
> > and I
> > am always open for ideas to ease the input for the edition-engraver.
>
> Great! My purpose in making the original suggestion was to suggest the
> kind of thing that might be useful.
>
> David
>
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