\chordmode related deficiencys in the command index (Appendix G)

2008-12-16 Thread Danalute
Appendix G has entries for /: and /+ , used in \chordmode { } There is no entry for \chordmode There is no entry for the symbols '<' and '>' discussion of the < notelist> convention (an alternate way to enter chords in a note stream), is left to an entry in Appendix H (Combining notes

Re: major feature request (tablature)

2008-12-06 Thread Danalute
Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > I can't speak for the whole development team, but I suspect that nobody on > the team is going to run out and implement ... > I am willing to do my part; I think it is reasonable for me to hope to have your good advice and counsel. Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > I w

small caps

2008-12-06 Thread Danalute
sed on an internal list of relevant unicode encodings (eg, clefs, 1D11E-1D124, bars 1D10-1D18)... Users with fonts containing non-unicode encoded useful symbols might also be able to specify mapping betwen sets of them and documented semantics using appropriate (possibly new) tags. -- Danal

Re: high-quality typesetting within lilypond

2008-12-06 Thread Danalute
sible to provide OS-specific glue which would then be supported by a gnu-provided engine for those platforms which lack an OS engine. -- Danalute -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/high-quality-typesetting-within-lilypond-tp20860197p20873348.html Sent from the Gnu - Lilyp

Re: major feature request (tablature)

2008-12-05 Thread Danalute
Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > > > You mean one tab staff and one mensural staff above each other? What's the > problem with LilyPond? Maybe I'm misunderstanding you here, because you > can > have a tab staff and a mensural staff in a staff group in LilyPond. > I understand I can mix stave typ

Re: high-quality typesetting within lilypond

2008-12-05 Thread Danalute
Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> typesetting text within lilypond > > Sometimes the music is an illustration set in flow of prose, I would hope > that we would not be involved with the prose in that case. > > There are fragments of prose which annotate all staves that we must accept > responsibilit

major feature request (tablature)

2008-12-05 Thread Danalute
I know this was brought up some years ago, and shotdown as basically going against the grain, but I think it can be done, done well, and integrated with benefit to all. No problem with engraved music, but it isnt all that is needed. The orchestra pit is far from the only place where music has a

Re: high-quality typesetting within lilypond

2008-12-05 Thread Danalute
Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > I wonder how we are going to get high-quality typesetting within > lilypond. > Sorry to barge in with minimal understanding of the several years of philosophy you have all seen develop here, but, please give me more of a sense of how you mean 'typesetting'.

Wanting to do a GUI, looking for BNF, which FM should I be looking for?

2008-12-05 Thread Danalute
Willing to download, unroll, and RTFM, just, dont know where to start, a clue or two would be appreciated. Does the LY doc package include a specification for the language? BNF or whatever? Kinda need something like that to hope of making a GUI for it. -- View this message in context: http: