Re: DOCS: include a sample "Makefile"?

2009-05-12 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> What do you guys think of including a sample Makefile somewhere in > the documentation? Good idea! Perhaps we can manage to avoid GNU make extensions so that poor Windows users have a chance to try nmake. Werner ___ lilypond-devel mailing lis

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> BTW, I completely agree this thread was not handled well, not only > by me, but by everyone from its inception to the present entry which > I hope is its termination. Quite an ugly business! Very bad form > shown by all! I do offer my apologies for my part, and yes - by all > means I hope ever

convert-ly keySignautre issue nearly solved

2009-05-12 Thread Andrew Hawryluk
I think I have figured out issue 708: http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=708 Before I submit a patch, how do I decide which LP version this goes under for convert-ly? Andrew ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://

DOCS: include a sample "Makefile"?

2009-05-12 Thread Jonathan Kulp
What do you guys think of including a sample Makefile somewhere in the documentation? Today I made my first makefile by using one of Graham's (for his thesis) as a model, and it occurred to me that it might be nice to have a sample available somewhere in the docs for others like me who have ha

Re: Recompiling the parser

2009-05-12 Thread Patrick McCarty
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 06:13:35PM -0600, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > I've tried adding to the parser, but it seems that my changes are > not being > compiled. > > Is there a dependency that will cause the parser to be recompiled, > or do I have to do make clean? > > I've tried touching parser.yy,

[PATCH]Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Patch attached. It has patches for three different files so I just named it after the one with the most changes, working.itely. Hope there's no confusion... Jon On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Jonathan Kulp wrote: > Kieren MacMillan wrote: > IMO, we [in the docs] should *not* be encouraging t

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread Aaron Andrew Hunt
BTW, I completely agree this thread was not handled well, not only by me, but by everyone from its inception to the present entry which I hope is its termination. Quite an ugly business! Very bad form shown by all! I do offer my apologies for my part, and yes - by all means I hope everyone

Recompiling the parser

2009-05-12 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
I've tried adding to the parser, but it seems that my changes are not being compiled. Is there a dependency that will cause the parser to be recompiled, or do I have to do make clean? I've tried touching parser.yy, and that seems to have no effect. Thanks, Carl __

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread Aaron Andrew Hunt
Hi Johannes. On May 12, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: Hi Aaron, by sending a private exchange you proved something. You still have not earned respect with this person. Look, I understand a dev list is for developers. These posts of mine have been commentary. If what I

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Kieren MacMillan wrote: IMO, we [in the docs] should *not* be encouraging the use of RehearsalMarks for tempo indications -- this is exactly why the \tempo command was rewritten [can't remember by whom at the moment, but "thanks!"]. In other words, this example should *also* be changed... mayb

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Aaron, by sending a private exchange you proved something. You still have not earned respect with this person. I would have appreciated a lot of things, such as actually addressing the original poster's (maybe poorly formulated) concern. I would have appreciated something which benefits me

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread Aaron Andrew Hunt
From: Johannes Schindelin Aaron, it would be good to earn some respect here, presumably by contributing something others benefit from, before you give up the respect already. David might not be the most polite person on earth, but he did at least something useful before he went on to bash

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Jon, Yes! I'll change this one accordingly. Thanks, Kieren. ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Kieren MacMillan wrote: Hi Jon (et al), Now there's also a "tempoMark" function defined in NR 6.1.2, Interfaces for programmers. My instinct is to leave this one alone--it is not obsolete, since the predefined \tempo command does not take a $padding argument like this bit of scheme does, rig

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Mats, I tried incorporating your suggestions with mixed success. The following definition works: mpdolce = #(make-dynamic-script (markup #:hspace 0 #:translate '(5 . 0) #:line(#:dynamic "mp" #:text #:italic "dolce" ))) I changed the (cons 5 0) as you suggested, and changed hspace value to

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Graham Percival wrote: So should we remove (conseverywhere? That'd be easy enough to grep for. No, not in situations where you want to evaluate the values before you form the pair, like the following example from programming-interface.itely: manualBeam = #(define-music-function (par

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Tue, 12 May 2009, Aaron Andrew Hunt wrote: > >People like you seem to confuse the concept of "polite" with "servant". > > Ah yes, people like me. People who confuse concepts. People who are not > as brilliant as yourself. Aaron, it would be good to earn some respect here, presumably by

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Graham Percival
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 06:24:31PM +0200, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > > Jonathan Kulp wrote: >> >> mpdolce = #(make-dynamic-script (markup #:hspace 1 #:translate (cons 5 0) >> #:line(#:dynamic "mp" #:text #:italic "dolce" ))) > It seems that the above line is copied from the current documentation >

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Jonathan Kulp wrote: 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 (markup #:hspace 1 #:translate (cons 5 0) #:line(#:dynamic "mp" #:text

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread Aaron Andrew Hunt
Hello Mr. Kastrup. People like you seem to confuse the concept of "polite" with "servant". Ah yes, people like me. People who confuse concepts. People who are not as brilliant as yourself. You are illustrating my point exactly, Mr. Kastrup. You presume to know who I am, what I do, and w

different odd/even margins

2009-05-12 Thread Michael Käppler
Hi all, I know that this was on the list some time ago, I remembered when reading http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2009-03/msg00238.html Am I right that there is currently no possibility to let lilypond set different margins for odd and even pages? Can someone help me to further

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread Graham Percival
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 05:15:33PM +0200, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > For example, Graham has worked day and night during more > than a year to bring the documentation into it's current shape and I > understand that he can feel personally insulted if someone dares > criticize his own "baby". It

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Anyway, it's not a matter a being programmer/hacker or not, it's rather a matter of being extremely enthusiastic about your own pet project and of working extremely hard on something without getting paid (in money or in gratitude). For example, Graham has worked day and night during more than a

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread David Kastrup
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" > > No

Re: PDF Problem

2009-05-12 Thread David Kastrup
Dewdman42 writes: > Quite unfortunate though, lilypond is an extremely cool technology > that MANY MANY people are missing out on because of things like this > and particularly because of the attitude of the core developers, who > are the only ones that really know how the hell it works. I'm a >

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jon (et al), Now there's also a "tempoMark" function defined in NR 6.1.2, Interfaces for programmers. My instinct is to leave this one alone--it is not obsolete, since the predefined \tempo command does not take a $padding argument like this bit of scheme does, right? IMO, we [in the

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Trevor Daniels
Jonathan Kulp wrote Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:22 AM Graham Percival wrote: > Yes, come up with another score marking. Granted, it might get [snip] I agree, that's best for the moment. Before I make a bunch of replacements and a patch, can anyone see a potential problem with changing the e

Re: tempoMark - documentation and use

2009-05-12 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <4a0907a4.2080...@gmail.com>, Jonathan Kulp writes 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