Re: a modest proposal for input syntax
James Wilkinson in [EMAIL PROTECTED] : My biggest problem in typing input is getting notes in the correct octave. Relative mode doesn't help me that much because I have to stop and think which direction is within a fourth of the previous note. As a beginner a have the same problem, trying to study on the answers below. Typing in the good direction would save a lot off time. Kind regards, Peter -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: a modest proposal for input syntax
Hi Dominic/Jimmy/etc.,
My biggest problem in typing input is getting notes in the correct
octave. Relative mode doesn't help me that much because I have to
stop and think which direction is within a fourth of the previous
note.
This sounds to me like a pretty simple coding job for someone fluent
in Lilypond (Scheme, etc.) -- maybe you (Jimmy) should consider
sponsoring a macro? e.g.,
\updown { b c' d' e' b, c'' }
would output
b c d e b c'
Hope this helps,
Kieren.
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Re: a modest proposal for input syntax
2007/8/10, Bertalan Fodor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You can achieve almost the same using b f'='' Perhaps if you could turn off the warning written when the octave check fails, you could use this as the feature you are talking about, just writing b f='', and it automatically puts the f to the right place. However, it would be possible to implement a feature in the LilyPond editors (like LilyPondTool) to tell the direction while typing. That would be very nice. However, I´ve managed this quite good. I really seldom have to change the direction afterwards, because I typed it the wrong way. Bert My biggest problem in typing input is getting notes in the correct octave. Relative mode doesn't help me that much because I have to stop and think which direction is within a fourth of the previous note. The thing that's unambiguous is direction. If I'm on the b in the middle of the staff, the f at the top of the staff is up, and the f at the bottom is down, and I don't have to think to know this. As things are now, I have to type f to go down and f' to go up (I think). My suggestion is that I should type fu for up and fd for down, or fuu or fdd to go up or down another octave. It's simple, it's easy, and it's automatic. Thanks for a great program -- - Jimmy Wilkinson| Professor Emeritus of Computer Science [EMAIL PROTECTED]| The College of Charleston (843) 953-8160 | Charleston SC29424 http://www.cs.cofc.edu/~jimmy If there is one word to describe me, that word would have to be profectionist. Any form of incompitence is an athema to me. Metathesis??? Don't ax me. Just between you and I, the grammar used by Americans are getting worse. I can only help but wonder what the cause of this might be. It just ceases to amaze me how it could be the case, but mostly I could care less. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
Re: a modest proposal for input syntax
You can achieve almost the same using b f'='' Perhaps if you could turn off the warning written when the octave check fails, you could use this as the feature you are talking about, just writing b f='', and it automatically puts the f to the right place. However, it would be possible to implement a feature in the LilyPond editors (like LilyPondTool) to tell the direction while typing. Bert My biggest problem in typing input is getting notes in the correct octave. Relative mode doesn't help me that much because I have to stop and think which direction is within a fourth of the previous note. The thing that's unambiguous is direction. If I'm on the b in the middle of the staff, the f at the top of the staff is up, and the f at the bottom is down, and I don't have to think to know this. As things are now, I have to type f to go down and f' to go up (I think). My suggestion is that I should type fu for up and fd for down, or fuu or fdd to go up or down another octave. It's simple, it's easy, and it's automatic. Thanks for a great program -- - Jimmy Wilkinson| Professor Emeritus of Computer Science [EMAIL PROTECTED]| The College of Charleston (843) 953-8160 | Charleston SC29424 http://www.cs.cofc.edu/~jimmy If there is one word to describe me, that word would have to be profectionist. Any form of incompitence is an athema to me. Metathesis??? Don't ax me. Just between you and I, the grammar used by Americans are getting worse. I can only help but wonder what the cause of this might be. It just ceases to amaze me how it could be the case, but mostly I could care less. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
a modest proposal for input syntax
My biggest problem in typing input is getting notes in the correct octave. Relative mode doesn't help me that much because I have to stop and think which direction is within a fourth of the previous note. The thing that's unambiguous is direction. If I'm on the b in the middle of the staff, the f at the top of the staff is up, and the f at the bottom is down, and I don't have to think to know this. As things are now, I have to type f to go down and f' to go up (I think). My suggestion is that I should type fu for up and fd for down, or fuu or fdd to go up or down another octave. It's simple, it's easy, and it's automatic. Thanks for a great program -- - Jimmy Wilkinson| Professor Emeritus of Computer Science [EMAIL PROTECTED]| The College of Charleston (843) 953-8160 | Charleston SC29424 http://www.cs.cofc.edu/~jimmy If there is one word to describe me, that word would have to be profectionist. Any form of incompitence is an athema to me. Metathesis??? Don't ax me. Just between you and I, the grammar used by Americans are getting worse. I can only help but wonder what the cause of this might be. It just ceases to amaze me how it could be the case, but mostly I could care less. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
