Re: compilation error

2004-03-01 Thread Reuben Thomas
Mats observed: > Of course it would be nice to be able to view pictures with > examples also in the info version of the document, but I see > absolutely no reason for LilyPond to be a pioneer for this > feature. This is a very sensible observation. LilyPond is a music typesetter, hence I'm happy

Re: procedures with setters: patches

2004-02-28 Thread Reuben Thomas
> I'm ambivalent. The danger is that the number of functions to create > and manipulate data structures explodes, and becomes harder to > learn. We have to find a balance between having a small "interface" > and an interface that is ultra-ergonomic to use. I think at the moment that Lilypond is a

Re: scheme interface for all LilyPond syntactic constructs

2004-02-27 Thread Reuben Thomas
> Do you think that could actually be interesting? ie: should I go on > implementing and documenting this? This sort of thing is great. There's a lot of potential to implement higher-level convenience stuff that LilyPond currently lacks, but that doesn't need to be written into the core. -- http

Re: Separate release notes for each release?

2004-02-25 Thread Reuben Thomas
> Yes, but it also takes me extra time. (I'm a lazy bum). You can > subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get the latest scoops. Thanks for the tip. You should mention this list on http://lilypond.org/web/documentation.html where you should also change "Bugreports" to "Bug reports". -- http://www.

RPM install: one error fixed, one to go

2004-02-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
The problem with not removing the old x.y.zz directory because of the rm of the ls-R file being in the wrong place is now fixed. However, when I upgrade I get the error install-info: menu item `Glossary' already exists, for file `music-glossary' although now if I look in my info dir file, it o

Separate release notes for each release?

2004-02-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
As well as the cumulative 2.0->2.1 release notes, it would be very helpful to have per-release release notes, so one can see what has changed between individual releases. Also, it seems the 2.0->2.1 release notes is getting a bit inconsistent: for example, in one place it says LyricVoice no longer

RE: Simpler lyric notation

2004-02-24 Thread Reuben Thomas
> I think that's not right. E.g. in Hungarian tradition extender lines are > rarely used, because melismata are indicated by the slurs. So the user must > be able to disable this feature (if it would be the default). Of course, I was speaking only of the engraving rules I know about, which are Eng

Re: Simpler lyric notation

2004-02-23 Thread Reuben Thomas
> No, what you're seeing is legacy stuff. If you're willing to spend > some time coding, I'll gladly take on patches that fix this. If you can give me some pointers, I will. Since I don't know Python, barely know C++ (but I know C very well) nor Scheme (but I know elisp quite well) I may be a bit

Simpler lyric notation

2004-02-23 Thread Reuben Thomas
I've just been entering lyrics for a song, and I've come up with a puzzle: what is the point of -- and __ ? As far as I can see, there should be a -- between every pair of syllables in a word, and a __ at the end of every word. Hyphen (-) at the end of a syllable is unnecessary AFAICS. Of course,

Re: Unable to customize LilyPond variables

2004-02-23 Thread Reuben Thomas
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:25:55 +0100 (CET) Reuben Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not sure who's currently responsible for lilypond-indent.el, so I'm > > sending this to the list and to Heikki, who seems to be the main > > author. > >

Re: Is \paper{} needed?

2004-02-23 Thread Reuben Thomas
> No, no, no! I don't think that it is a good idea to have two different > default values for a property such as raggedright: if you do not specify a > \paper block at all, the default would be ##t, but if you say \paper{}, > the default would be ##f. This would be totally confusing for a new > l

Re: Is \paper{} needed?

2004-02-23 Thread Reuben Thomas
> Funny. > > I always have to add > > \paper{ raggedright = ##t } But only if you want raggedright! > Maybe that's a sensible solution? Having \paper{}/\midi{} correspond to > \paper { raggedright = ##t } ? But that would have confused me when I typeset a short score without a \paper declarati

Source specials

2004-02-23 Thread Reuben Thomas
I can't find any evidence that LilyPond supports source \specials for the ability to click on a place in a DVI score and be taken to the source (as with LaTeX) but it seems to me this ought to be fairly straightforward to implement. Is there any interest in this? -- http://www.mupsych.org/~rrt/ |

Re: Is \paper{} needed?

2004-02-23 Thread Reuben Thomas
> The default is to supply a \paper{} declaration if no output (paper, > midi) is specified. Perhaps this default should be changed? I'm happy with the default as it fits the common case. I'd just it to be documented (as otherwise the docs are a bit confusing). -- http://www.mupsych.org/~rrt/ |

Re: Unable to customize LilyPond variables

2004-02-22 Thread Reuben Thomas
> Actually, the settings are changed from the Emacs' menus, and it is Emacs who > writes the 'custom-set-variables' lines to the initialisation files. That's true, but I still don't understand what you were after! -- http://www.mupsych.org/~rrt/ | God is the name of our ignorance (Grayling) __

Re: Unable to customize LilyPond variables

2004-02-22 Thread Reuben Thomas
> The patch was applied smootly. Thanks. BTW, maybe there are more such > mistakes. If I find any more, I'll correct them. Since I'm currently getting to grips with LilyPond as a new user with a big score, I'm not being systematic, but just fixing things that annoy me. > With an example, I referr