Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 11/27/08 7:24 PM, "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:53:11AM -0700, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: >> I'm not sure who is currently managing the development of the main LilyPond >> web page, > > Nobody. Hence my proposal that we have a GWP, probably not befo

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Graham Percival
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:53:11AM -0700, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > I'm not sure who is currently managing the development of the main LilyPond > web page, Nobody. Hence my proposal that we have a GWP, probably not before Jan. > I just went to the LilyPond web site with the idea in mind of being

[PATCH] Fix for bug #218 (center staccato over stem instead of notehead)

2008-11-27 Thread Maximilian Albert
Hi, attached is a patch for bug #218 (see http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=218). It simply tests whether the directions of stem and articulation coincide, and if so it shifts the latter sideways. Please note that the patch is just a casual attempt to get more familiar with Lilypo

Re: Using \lookup to extract glyphs

2008-11-27 Thread Neil Puttock
2008/11/27 Trevor Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Valentin Villenave wrote Thursday, November 27, 2008 8:41 AM >> ... either two commands with the size as an argument, >> >> \left-brace #20 >> \right-brace #40 > > This is my preference. The functions would need to check > the size for validity,

Re: problems with ly:font-load

2008-11-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/11/27 Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > However, it shouldn't be to hard to add > functions `ly:font-config-register-directory' and > `ly:font-config-register-file' (using FcConfigAppFontAddFile) to > lilypond. > > Any takers? I can't promise that I can provide such functions > quickly.

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Till Rettig
Carl D. Sorensen schrieb: Ok, so how do I do so? Where does the website code reside? It's maybe easiest to get it from git: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary go down the page an change to the web branch (under "heads"). Just click on the small "tree" link right

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
Ok, so how do I do so? Where does the website code reside? Carl On 11/27/08 12:46 PM, "Till Rettig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carl D. Sorensen schrieb: >> The Getting Help page would have: >> >> 1) A statement saying that "LilyPond does not have a graphical interface", >> and an embedded l

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Till Rettig
Carl D. Sorensen schrieb: The Getting Help page would have: 1) A statement saying that "LilyPond does not have a graphical interface", and an embedded link to the crash course. 2) A statement saying that "The first thing you should do is read the Learning Manual", with an embedded link to the t

Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
I'm not sure who is currently managing the development of the main LilyPond web page, so I'm not sure who this should be addressed to. I just went to the LilyPond web site with the idea in mind of being a totally new user, perhaps even a Windows user who has never jumped into the Linux/Open Source

Re: Using \lookup to extract glyphs

2008-11-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
[This is a rather long email with a lot of technical details, covering much more than just \lookup. I spent almost two days with writing due to the necessary research in the lilypond sources since I'm not very acquainted with those tricky details. If you are interested in lilypond's font han

Re: problems with ly:font-load

2008-11-27 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> > Note that lilypond can't load any other font by itself; it uses > > uses the fontconfig interface for everything else. > > BTW: a while ago, I asked you if there was a way to load fonts that > are *not* installed on the system (by forcing fontconfig to detect > fonts, say, in the same directo

Re: Using lookup to extract glyphs

2008-11-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Trevor Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Valentin Villenave wrote Thursday, November 27, 2008 8:41 AM 2008/11/27 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: How about \left-brace and (rotated) \right-brace? This would make it much simpler to embed them within text that has font-name overrides.

Re: Using \lookup to extract glyphs

2008-11-27 Thread Trevor Daniels
Valentin Villenave wrote Thursday, November 27, 2008 8:41 AM 2008/11/27 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: How about \left-brace and (rotated) \right-brace? This would make it much simpler to embed them within text that has font-name overrides. Great idea! I agree. ... either two comma

Re: Using \lookup to extract glyphs

2008-11-27 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/11/27 Neil Puttock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > How about \left-brace and (rotated) \right-brace? This would make it > much simpler to embed them within text that has font-name overrides. Great idea! ... either two commands with the size as an argument, \left-brace #20 \right-brace #40 either