Re: a better convert-ly

2005-01-08 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes As for the more difficult things ; they are -as said- more difficult. IMO, the proper attitude is to be glad that more difficult hacks are possible, and accept that automatic language conversion can not always deal with th

a better convert-ly

2004-12-16 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I also think that we've finished dealing with any squabbles > we don't want to make public, so this discussion should be > moved to lilypond-devel. [done] > > If you want LilyPond to be used for archival purposes, we must find a > > way to offer stable syntax. So, the

Re: a better convert-ly

2004-12-16 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The syntax of basic music input hasn't changed appreciably since > > lilypond-2.0. For the future, we have plans to build a GNOME-based GUI > > for tweaking, which completely separates out tweaks into different > > files. I don't really see what else we can do. > >

Re: a better convert-ly

2004-12-16 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Friday 17 December 2004 01.08, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The syntax of basic music input hasn't changed appreciably since > > > lilypond-2.0. For the future, we have plans to build a GNOME-based GUI > > > for tweaking, which completely separates out tweaks into di

Re: a better convert-ly

2004-12-16 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Thursday 16 December 2004 22.30, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > This point is probably obvious to programmers, but since my complaint > > started this, I'd like to make sure it's clear: what's really required > > is > > a computer-upgradable syntax, not a stable syntax.