David: I'll keep you posted for sure. Say, do you suppose that this boxed notation utility could be implemented sooner (and perhaps with more powerful features) in LilyPond if funding/support increased? If so, this is one feature where I'd absolutely give all that I could to make possible. :) $
Ben David Nalesnik-2 wrote > Ben, > > On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 4:27 PM, SoundsFromSound > < > soundsfromsound@ > > wrote: >> David, >> >> Thanks for the feedback! It's sad to hear that boxed notation is a bit >> challenging in LilyPond (i.e. not possible without "breaking" parts of >> it) - >> do you think there will ever be a native, more acceptable way to do boxed >> notation in the future? I'm not much a programmer so I apologize if that >> is >> a silly question, but it'd be awesome if it could be implemented. I'm >> not >> sure if you mean it's not possible yet, or not possible from a >> programming >> standpoint. >> > > At some point in time, I do hope that there is an interface which will > allow users to define fully functioning grobs within .ly files. I > think that will be a giant step forward for the program, as it will > lead to all sorts of new capabilities. I can't speak to the details of > how this will be done as this is beyond my skill level. > > The current way to create new grobs is to make the necessary additions > to the various files in the code base. (This is what was done > recently to create the MeasureCounter grob.) > > It should be possible to add frame notation this way, but I think it > will be a long road! (If you do use this engraver, please let me know > if you run into problems or wish it could do something it can't; I'll > be happy to try to improve it, and possibly do this the "right way" if > it's promising...) > > Best, > David > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@ > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user ----- composer | sound designer -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/Aleatoric-modern-notation-tp18113p136248.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
