Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-11 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Graham Percival wrote: > Yes, come up with another score marking. Granted, it might get [snip] Before I make a bunch of replacements and a patch, can anyone see a potential problem with changing the example in LM 5.1.5 to use these functions instead: %% mpdolce = #(make-dynamic-script (

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-11 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 5/10/09 4:43 PM, "Anthony W. Youngman" wrote: > In message , Carl D. Sorensen > writes >> >> >> >> On 5/9/09 4:21 PM, "Anthony W. Youngman" >> wrote: >>> So - is there a function that combines stencils? Or where can I find the >>> code for \default (I did look ...) so I can try and wri

Re: Add N.C. entry to ChordNames context.

2009-05-11 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
Neil, Thanks for the review. I've put my responses below. On 5/10/09 5:17 PM, "n.putt...@gmail.com" wrote: > http://codereview.appspot.com/62076/diff/7/1008#newcode65 > Line 65: SCM no_chord_markup = get_property ("noChordSymbol"); > \set noChordSymbol = ##f will cause (harmless but annoying)

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> But, the key players dismissed it, did nothing and yes...2 years > later I am a bit frustrated. My post yesterday asking why after 2 > years nothing had been done, was not really too out of line if you > think about it. One of the key players, Rune, has passed away. We can answer your request

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message , Aaron Andrew Hunt writes On May 11, 2009, at 2:24 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote: Dewdman, It might help to read this: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html Very interesting link! It might as well be called "In Defense of Being a Complete A-Hole" It

Re: Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Mon, 11 May 2009, Aaron Andrew Hunt wrote: > On May 11, 2009, at 2:24 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote: > >Dewdman, > >It might help to read this: > >http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html > > Very interesting link! It might as well be called "In Defense of Being a

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Aaron Andrew Hunt wrote: On May 11, 2009, at 2:24 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote: Dewdman, It might help to read this: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html Very interesting link! It might as well be called "In Defense of Being a Complete A-Hole" No, programmers /

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <23486715.p...@talk.nabble.com>, Dewdman42 writes If I knew how I would. isn't it obvious that a few people hold the power to control the development of lilypond while the rest of us are mere mortals? It's Free Software. "He who puts in the effort makes the rules". I had a project

Re: Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Aaron Andrew Hunt
On May 11, 2009, at 2:24 PM, lilypond-devel-requ...@gnu.org wrote: Dewdman, It might help to read this: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html Very interesting link! It might as well be called "In Defense of Being a Complete A-Hole" No, programmers / hackers are smart folks a

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Graham Percival wrote: On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:22:02AM -0700, Dewdman42 wrote: But, the key players dismissed it, did nothing and yes...2 years later I am a bit frustrated. My post yesterday asking why after 2 years nothing had been done, was not really too out of line if you think about it.

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:22:02AM -0700, Dewdman42 wrote: > > But, the key players dismissed it, did nothing and yes...2 years later I am > a bit frustrated. My post yesterday asking why after 2 years nothing had > been done, was not really too out of line if you think about it. That's garbag

Re: lilypond and Wikipedia

2009-05-11 Thread Graham Percival
Search this mailist for previous discussion. In summary, 1) yes, we know about this possible use. 2) yes, we know what to do. 3) no, nobody has volunteered to do it. If you're willing to help out, please find that previous discussion (maybe Feb 2009? March 2009? Certainly between Jan and now) a

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-11 Thread Graham Percival
Yes, come up with another score marking. Granted, it might get obsoleted... hopefully the \mpdolce example will be obsoleted in the next few months. So perhaps this subsection should be rewritten to show how we would go about adding a new command, taking an existing one as an example. But this l

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-11 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Hey guys, I'm looking at this example now and am not sure what to do with it. While it's true that the tempoMark scheme function itself is not necessary now that \tempo does the same thing, it's also true that the point of this passage in the LM 5.1.5 is to show how use definitions and to place t

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Dewdman42
Here is the original thread from the user list, where I did ask politely and provided many screen shots and as much info as possible. http://www.nabble.com/PDF-Problem-td11699420.html#a11699420 Grahmn acted like his usual elitist self, but I temporarily ignored him and continued pleading.

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 11.05.2009 um 18:46 schrieb Dewdman42: I will just check back in a few years then to see if Lilypond becomes useable for the rest of us and you scheme heads can play around in your little pond by yourselves. And I'm sure the lilypond community will be diminished by not having your pres

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Dewdman42 wrote: > didn't.  The only response is "fix it yourself"? > > That's not a realistic response, THAT is a BS response from someone who does > not give a damn about the lilypond user community. It's the response to someone who does not give a damn about t

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Dewdman, the bigger problem is your initial email, which is itself hostile and insulting: Dewdman42 wrote: On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Dewdman42 wrote: 2 years and still nobody has bothered to fix lilypond so that it can create PDF's that actually look good in acroread? (sigh) You ou

lilypond and Wikipedia

2009-05-11 Thread Frank Braun
Playing music as an amateur and using occasionally typesetting I discovered Lilypond some years ago. And I used it with increasing enthusiasm. I'm writing music/math/computer science occasionally in Wikipedia too. Math is no problem because with TeX there is a tool which exceeds expectations. But

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Dewdman42
Wow, I see that after 2 years you still haven't stopped acting like a jerk yet either Grahm. Bravo mate. I will just check back in a few years then to see if Lilypond becomes useable for the rest of us and you scheme heads can play around in your little pond by yourselves. Quite unfortunate t

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 09:27:48AM -0700, Dewdman42 wrote: > > If I knew how I would. isn't it obvious that a few people hold the power to > control the development of lilypond while the rest of us are mere mortals? BS. You're human, we're human. If we can do it (after months or years of learn

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Dewdman42
If I knew how I would. isn't it obvious that a few people hold the power to control the development of lilypond while the rest of us are mere mortals? Han-Wen Nienhuys-5 wrote: > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Dewdman42 wrote: >> >> 2 years and still nobody has bothered to fix lilypond so

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Dewdman42 wrote: > > 2 years and still nobody has bothered to fix lilypond so that it can create > PDF's that actually look good in acroread? > > (sigh) > Yes, it is sad. You would almost think that noone gets paid to fix user complaints. Oh, wait. -- Han-We

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 01:50:02AM -0700, Dewdman42 wrote: > > 2 years and still nobody has bothered to fix lilypond so that it can create > PDF's that actually look good in acroread? > > (sigh) I agree. Why haven't you bothered to submit patches to fix this? - Graham ___

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-11 Thread Dewdman42
2 years and still nobody has bothered to fix lilypond so that it can create PDF's that actually look good in acroread? (sigh) I thought Rune was on to some good stuff there in 2007 and it appears nobody would listen. Thanks Rune for your efforts in 2007, but I'm sorry to hear that it was droppe