Re: an LM update

2009-03-16 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 3/16/09 11:52 AM, "James E. Bailey" wrote: > > > On 16.03.2009, at 16:43, Graham Percival wrote: >> >>> c) Can we just make the change so that more people aren't confused by >>> the issue. (I've answered another question related to this in the >>> last >>> week) >> >> Yes, please do. C

Re: Why is it _still_ so freaking hard to get info with images?

2009-03-16 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Johannes" == Johannes Schindelin writes: Johannes> Unfortunately, it is that way in Open Source. But not Johannes> only there... if you need a good quote by a famous Johannes> author to say the same: Johannes> So many people tut and say "Someone should do Johannes>

[patch] Lyric extenders

2009-03-16 Thread Chris Snyder
Last month I sent a patch to the list dealing with lyric extenders. Since it seems to have gotten lost in the deluge of list traffic, I'm re-sending it, this time posting it on Rietveld: http://codereview.appspot.com/28052 Thanks, -Chris ___ lilypond

Re: Why is it _still_ so freaking hard to get info with images?

2009-03-16 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Mon, 16 Mar 2009, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > >> as always, patches will be thoughtfully considered. > > > > It appears a bit disingenuous to me to answer "I can't figure out what > > does what and why" with "congratulations, then it is your task to > > figure this out to a degree where yo

Re: an LM update

2009-03-16 Thread James E. Bailey
On 16.03.2009, at 16:43, Graham Percival wrote: c) Can we just make the change so that more people aren't confused by the issue. (I've answered another question related to this in the last week) Yes, please do. Carl can help you get started as a Frog; we desperately need more people writ

Re: Why is it _still_ so freaking hard to get info with images?

2009-03-16 Thread John Mandereau
[forgot to CC to list] - Forwarded message -- From: John Mandereau Date: 2009/3/16 Subject: Re: Why is it _still_ so freaking hard to get info with images? To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Hi Jan, 2009/3/16 Jan Nieuwenhuizen : > Your point about README/INSTALL is more difficult to tackle.

Re: (de)cresendi syntax

2009-03-16 Thread David Kastrup
Graham Percival writes: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 06:37:50PM -0700, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: >> > - \cresc, \dim, \decr, \decresc produce a text without spanner, applies >> > only once to the previous note, no need to finish with \! or \endcresc, >> > this could be implemented with a \markup comma

Re: Why is it _still_ so freaking hard to get info with images?

2009-03-16 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:06 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >> as always, patches will be thoughtfully considered. > > It appears a bit disingenuous to me to answer "I can't figure out what > does what and why" with "congratulations, then it is your task to figure > this out to a degree where you can n

Re: an LM update

2009-03-16 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 09:31:54AM +0100, James E. Bailey wrote: > I realise it's only been a week since this was last discussed, but: > a) no one who can say whether or not this can be implemented has > responded (ever) Yes, this can be implemented. I have no clue how complicated this may be,

Re: (de)cresendi syntax

2009-03-16 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 06:37:50PM -0700, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > - \cresc, \dim, \decr, \decresc produce a text without spanner, applies > > only once to the previous note, no need to finish with \! or \endcresc, > > this could be implemented with a \markup command > > I don't like the idea o

Re: (de)cresendi syntax

2009-03-16 Thread Graham Percival
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 08:47:28PM +0100, Frédéric Bron wrote: > I am in charge of the question of (de)crescendo syntax issue in > 2.12.2. I have posted this on -user list but received little replies > (only support) so it's time now to post on -devel. I don't think anybody else has replied, so I'

Re: Why is it _still_ so freaking hard to get info with images?

2009-03-16 Thread David Kastrup
Han-Wen Nienhuys writes: > 2009/3/16 David Kastrup : > >>> The problems with fixing a build system is that it is a major time >>> sink without any obvious benefits, >> >> Well, one need not replace the innards.  However, adapting the names of >> the basic targets and what they do should be reason

Re: Why is it _still_ so freaking hard to get info with images?

2009-03-16 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
2009/3/16 David Kastrup : >> The problems with fixing a build system is that it is a major time >> sink without any obvious benefits, > > Well, one need not replace the innards.  However, adapting the names of > the basic targets and what they do should be reasonably easy. as always, patches will

Re: some questions

2009-03-16 Thread James E. Bailey
On 16.03.2009, at 10:45, Francisco Vila wrote: 2009/3/16 James E. Bailey : 3) Is there a way to get a half of a box around a fingering? I vaguely remember a three-legged box in the markup commands, but I don't see it anymore. Any tips for where to look? Search for the word Three in LSR

Re: Why is it _still_ so freaking hard to get info with images?

2009-03-16 Thread David Kastrup
Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes: > Op zaterdag 14-03-2009 om 15:31 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef David > Kastrup: > >> If compiling Lilypond from source with default >> settings means not getting the full docs, this is what all major >> distributions will distribute > > So what we need to change is for

Re: Why is it _still_ so freaking hard to get info with images?

2009-03-16 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Op zaterdag 14-03-2009 om 15:31 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef David Kastrup: > If compiling Lilypond from source with default > settings means not getting the full docs, this is what all major > distributions will distribute So what we need to change is for make [all|default] to also make w

Re: some questions

2009-03-16 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/3/16 James E. Bailey : > > 3) Is there a way to get a half of a box around a fingering? I vaguely > remember a three-legged box in the markup commands, but I don't see it > anymore. Any tips for where to look? Search for the word Three in LSR: http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=330 -- Fra

some questions

2009-03-16 Thread James E. Bailey
I'm guessing it's a bad time to ask questions, I haven't seen much response, but I thought I'd ask again. 1) I know it's difficult to imagine that a user (i.e., not someone who can fix a bug) has properly set up his system for convert-ly on osx 10.4, but convert-ly on osx 10.4 does not work