Re: review new info on file layout

2006-02-10 Thread Graham Percival
On 8-Feb-06, at 8:05 PM, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: Quoting Mats Bengtsson: I think that it's fine to have { c } as an easy-to-use syntax. However, somewhere in the documentation it ought to mention what { c } will expand to, when the defaults are put in. That's what the new docs do. It's al

RE: review new info on file layout

2006-02-08 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
Quoting Mats Bengtsson: Quoting Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> We have lots of optional constructs in the syntax, { c } is actually >> a short-cut for \book{\score{\new Staff{\new Voice{ c (maybe I >> missed something). > yes, you can add a \new Score inbetween also, and empty la

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-02-07 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 4-Feb-06, at 1:59 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote: Quoting Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Then I'd propose this instead: \new Lyrics { \lyricsto mytune { ... } } because it feels relevant to me to consequently create contexts as top-level as pos

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-02-07 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Tuesday 07 February 2006 05.47, Graham Percival wrote: > On 4-Feb-06, at 1:59 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > > Quoting Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I agree with Erik -- now the highest view of the music expression is > { >\new Staff { vocal } >\new Lyrics \lyricsto vocalstaff { \l

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-02-06 Thread Graham Percival
On 4-Feb-06, at 1:59 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote: Quoting Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Then I'd propose this instead: \new Lyrics { \lyricsto mytune { ... } } because it feels relevant to me to consequently create contexts as top-level as possible. (hm.. the outer {} in my example are stil

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-02-04 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Friday 03 February 2006 21.12, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > Quoting Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I would say the opposite, since in all other situations \new is used like > \new Lyrics {...} or \new Lyrics \with {...} {...}. If you insert > \lyricsto inbetween, people might get the the impres

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-02-04 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Friday 03 February 2006 21.12, Mats Bengtsson wrote: Quoting Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I would say the opposite, since in all other situations \new is used like \new Lyrics {...} or \new Lyrics \with {...} {...}. If you insert \lyricsto inb

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-02-03 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Quoting Erik Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > (I think there's a minor pedagogical point in saying \new Lyrics before > \lyricsto, since the \new Lyrics really isn't a relevant argument of > the > music function, and because all other contexts start with context > names) I would say the opposite

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-02-03 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Wednesday 01 February 2006 21.13, Graham Percival wrote: > On 31-Jan-06, at 12:55 AM, Erik Sandberg wrote: > > - The following is a bit misleading: > > \context Staff = singer << > > \context Voice = vocal { \melody } > > \lyricsto vocal \new Lyrics { \text } > > > > The ly

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-02-02 Thread Don Blaheta
Quoth Graham Percival: > On 31-Jan-06, at 12:55 AM, Erik Sandberg wrote: > > (I think there's a minor pedagogical point in saying \new Lyrics before > > \lyricsto, since the \new Lyrics really isn't a relevant argument of > > the music function, and because all other contexts start with > > context

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-02-01 Thread Graham Percival
On 31-Jan-06, at 12:55 AM, Erik Sandberg wrote: BTW, is the meaning of the word 'indent' well-known among non-programmers? In Excellent point! I think I'll reformat the whole chapter 4 with this distinction (programmers vs. non-programmers) in mind. - The outer braces should be << >> (usi

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-01-31 Thread Cameron Horsburgh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Don Blaheta wrote: > Quoth Graham Percival: > >>On 29-Jan-06, at 10:26 PM, Don Blaheta wrote: >> >>>In 4.4 and 4.5, would it be better to say "A \score must contain >>>exactly one music expression (possibly complex)"? Saying it must >>>"begin with"

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-01-31 Thread Don Blaheta
Quoth Graham Percival: > On 29-Jan-06, at 10:26 PM, Don Blaheta wrote: > > In 4.4 and 4.5, would it be better to say "A \score must contain > > exactly one music expression (possibly complex)"? Saying it must > > "begin with" a music expression isn't saying quite enough. > > The \score must _beg

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-01-31 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Monday 30 January 2006 23.53, Graham Percival wrote: > On 29-Jan-06, at 10:26 PM, Don Blaheta wrote: > > Speaking of indents, you need to grep on "indent|ident"; you have a > > tendency to confuse the two (I noticed an error one direction in 4.2 > > and > > the other in 5.8). > > Thanks. BTW, i

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-01-30 Thread Graham Percival
On 29-Jan-06, at 10:26 PM, Don Blaheta wrote: In 4.4 and 4.5, would it be better to say "A \score must contain exactly one music expression (possibly complex)"? Saying it must "begin with" a music expression isn't saying quite enough. The \score must _begin_ with the expression, and the wh

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-01-29 Thread Don Blaheta
Quoth Graham Percival: > I've written some more docs about file structure and writing lilypond > files. I've glossed over some issues in the interest of simplicity. > Before I advertise this on -user, could a few people take a look at the > docs? As I said, I've glossed over some issues --

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-01-29 Thread Graham Percival
On 29-Jan-06, at 1:12 AM, Cameron Horsburgh wrote: Overall it's a great addition to the manual. Thanks! I've added your suggestions. I also added Han-Wen's suggestions; I'll advertise it on -user when .30 comes out. I'm a little put out because I was starting to put together a few note

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-01-29 Thread Cameron Horsburgh
Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > Graham Percival wrote: > >>>Hi guys, >>> >>>I've written some more docs about file structure and writing lilypond >>>files. I've glossed over some issues in the interest of simplicity. >>>Before I advertise this on -user, could a few people take a look at the >>>doc

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-01-29 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Graham Percival wrote: Hi guys, I've written some more docs about file structure and writing lilypond files. I've glossed over some issues in the interest of simplicity. Before I advertise this on -user, could a few people take a look at the docs? As I said, I've glossed over some issue

Re: review new info on file layout

2006-01-29 Thread Cameron Horsburgh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Graham Percival wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've written some more docs about file structure and writing lilypond > files. I've glossed over some issues in the interest of simplicity. > Before I advertise this on -user, could a few people take a look at

review new info on file layout

2006-01-29 Thread Graham Percival
Hi guys, I've written some more docs about file structure and writing lilypond files. I've glossed over some issues in the interest of simplicity. Before I advertise this on -user, could a few people take a look at the docs? As I said, I've glossed over some issues -- did I omit anything