> Gee, I don't know... that seems a bit steep. It isn't steep at all IMHO. If you implement such things carefully you have to invest *a lot* of time, which makes an hourly rate of, say, EUR 10.- or even less. A `professional' programmer working for a company costs at least EUR 80.- per hour. Designing glyphs is very time expensive, believe me.
I fully agree that it appears to be much money for a single person, especially for students. Anyway, Han-Wen has to set priorities, otherwise we would never see a new release. > I suppose the "features are being held up until someone pays for it" > model will mean a slower rate of development for Lilypond... You are misinterpreting the issue. The features you are requesting are not held up, they are just put into a very long queue of things which would be nice to be implemented. Paying him shifts *your* particular problem to the top so that it is handled (almost) immediately. Find two other people with the same interest, and you get what you want for the cost of a good dinner for two -- or two seats for a good concert. Werner _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user