On 6/17/10 8:59 AM, "David Kastrup" <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I have a question about developing Emacs input and major modes for > Lilypond. What would be the right way to go forward for me? > > I want to make use of current Emacs features (like semantic parsing and > similar). I also want to create input methods for inputting on the > keyboard in chromatic button keyboard layout, but also in parallel for > inputting via midi (I already checked that make-serial-process can be > used for opening and accessing a midi device on GNU/Linux).
Are you familiar with lyqi? <http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/lilypond/lyqi.html> and rumor? http://www.volny.cz/smilauer/rumor/rumor.html > > I don't think I'll be able to track on what Emacs versions (let alone > XEmacs) the code will run. So the idea would be to provide it within > Emacs (Emacs has quite a regular release schedule right now) and just > there, and leave XEmacs users in the cold until someone decided to port > the stuff over: I really don't have time and energy for staying with an > Emacs 21.1 codebase (what XEmacs is mostly, except when it is completely > different). That's been a total resource drain on other projects of > mine, and I don't want to go there. > > Moving existing Lilypond mode stuff into Emacs upstream will require > copyright assignments to the FSF. A fast hunch whether authors of the > current Lilypond mode can be determined with sufficient precision (for > legal accountability) and would be sympathetic to that, or whether I > should rather have to start from scratch? > > Any suggestions, pointers, ideas? I would guess that authors can be determined, and that they would be sympathetic. Thanks, Carl _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel