Re: absolute pitch entry: accept an offset octave (issue 235010043 by k-ohara5...@oco.net)

2015-05-18 Thread Joram
Hi, it might not be obvious to strangers to the Helmholtz pitch notation system [1], but shifting the octave is *not* absolute. So the input \absolute c'' { c' } for c''' is a contradiction in itself. That’s why I strongly recommend not to use \absolute for some kind of non-absolute notation. Che

Re: absolute pitch entry: accept an offset octave (issue 235010043 by k-ohara5...@oco.net)

2015-05-18 Thread David Kastrup
Joram writes: > Hi, > > it might not be obvious to strangers to the Helmholtz pitch notation > system [1], but shifting the octave is *not* absolute. LilyPond does not really employ the Helmholtz pitch notation system. We write c, instead of C and c,, instead of C with a subscripted I and c,,,

MacUpdate - your app listing has been updated

2015-05-18 Thread MacUpdate
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Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread dak
https://codereview.appspot.com/239930043/diff/1/scm/define-note-names.scm File scm/define-note-names.scm (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/239930043/diff/1/scm/define-note-names.scm#newcode566 scm/define-note-names.scm:566: (rébb . ,(ly:make-pitch -1 1 DOUBLE-FLAT)) It would seem to me tha

Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread dak
https://codereview.appspot.com/239930043/diff/1/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely File Documentation/notation/pitches.itely (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/239930043/diff/1/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely#newcode492 Documentation/notation/pitches.itely:492: @item @code{francais}

Re: absolute pitch entry: accept an offset octave (issue 235010043 by k-ohara5...@oco.net)

2015-05-18 Thread Joram
Hi David, hi all, >> it might not be obvious to strangers to the Helmholtz pitch notation >> system [1], but shifting the octave is *not* absolute. > > LilyPond does not really employ the Helmholtz pitch notation system. I know. I intended to write that the LP notation is close to the Helmholtz

Re: absolute pitch entry: accept an offset octave (issue 235010043 by k-ohara5...@oco.net)

2015-05-18 Thread Wols Lists
On 17/05/15 23:06, tdanielsmu...@googlemail.com wrote: > On 2015/05/17 21:09:13, dak wrote: > >> At any rate, if we were to retain both \fixed and \absolute, > > I strongly prefer just two input modes, \relative and \absolute, but > as I said right at the beginning: Seonded. With absolute taki

Re: absolute pitch entry: accept an offset octave (issue 235010043 by k-ohara5...@oco.net)

2015-05-18 Thread Paul Morris
> On May 18, 2015, at 5:13 AM, Joram wrote: > > shifting the octave is *not* absolute. So the input > \absolute c'' { c' } for c''' is a contradiction in itself. > That’s why I strongly recommend not to use \absolute for some kind of > non-absolute notation. +1, and especially with new users in

Re: absolute pitch entry: accept an offset octave (issue 235010043 by k-ohara5...@oco.net)

2015-05-18 Thread David Kastrup
Paul Morris writes: >> On May 18, 2015, at 5:13 AM, Joram wrote: >> >> shifting the octave is *not* absolute. So the input >> \absolute c'' { c' } for c''' is a contradiction in itself. >> That’s why I strongly recommend not to use \absolute for some kind of >> non-absolute notation. > > +1, an

Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread v . villenave
https://codereview.appspot.com/239930043/diff/1/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely File Documentation/notation/pitches.itely (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/239930043/diff/1/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely#newcode492 Documentation/notation/pitches.itely:492: @item @code{francais}

Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread dak
On 2015/05/18 17:08:20, Valentin Villenave wrote: https://codereview.appspot.com/239930043/diff/1/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely File Documentation/notation/pitches.itely (right): https://codereview.appspot.com/239930043/diff/1/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely#newcode492 Documentat

Issue 4403: Part_combine_iterator: stop tracking the last-playing part (issue 235590044 by nine.fierce.ball...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread nine . fierce . ballads
Reviewers: , Description: Rely on the Scheme-computed split state to choose which voice to use for unisono and unisilence passages. Please review this at https://codereview.appspot.com/235590044/ Affected files (+4, -62 lines): M lily/part-combine-iterator.cc Index: lily/part-combine-iterat

Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread v . villenave
On 2015/05/18 17:38:22, dak wrote: It does not have non-ASCII notenames, so you might end up with "español" being the only non-ASCII word in the file How much of a potential problem is it? Even in the absence of non-ASCII chars, users are already strongly encouraged to use UTF8 encoding in th

Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread dak
On 2015/05/18 18:20:20, Valentin Villenave wrote: On 2015/05/18 17:38:22, dak wrote: > It does not have non-ASCII notenames, so you might end up with "español" being > the only non-ASCII word in the file How much of a potential problem is it? Even in the absence of non-ASCII chars, users a

Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread Francisco Vila
El 18/05/2015 20:20, escribió: > > On 2015/05/18 17:38:22, dak wrote: >> >> It does not have non-ASCII notenames, so you might end up with > > "español" being >> >> the only non-ASCII word in the file > > > How much of a potential problem is it? Even in the absence of non-ASCII > chars, users are

Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread Valentin Villenave
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Francisco Vila wrote: > Besides, this is the status for Spanish users: 'ñ' is a non-shift-needing > key in a very prominent place. On the contrary, the very lilypondish '{}[]\' > set are all hidden under AltGr. Likewise here. > I don't oppose but the alias is che

Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread David Kastrup
Valentin Villenave writes: > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Francisco Vila wrote: >> Besides, this is the status for Spanish users: 'ñ' is a non-shift-needing >> key in a very prominent place. On the contrary, the very lilypondish '{}[]\' >> set are all hidden under AltGr. > > Likewise here. >

Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread Valentin Villenave
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:52 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > We are recommending "español" over "espanol"? Says who? Sorry. I should have said: we’re _likely_ to recommend "español" over "espanol" in the future, now that the syntax allows it. You said yourself that people had been getting annoyed at

Re: Add French-specific note names (issue 239930043 by v.villen...@gmail.com)

2015-05-18 Thread David Kastrup
Valentin Villenave writes: > So, my guess would be that we *could* start recommending \language > "español" rather than \language "espanol" since both syntaxes have > been available for some time now, and both will still work anyway for > the time being. > > Unless the non-ASCII chars are a probl

Re: absolute pitch entry: accept an offset octave (issue 235010043 by k-ohara5...@oco.net)

2015-05-18 Thread k-ohara5a5a
On 2015/05/17 22:06:10, Trevor Daniels wrote: > ... I'd prefer > the syntax and options [of \absolute] to parallel those of > \relative. That is, an optional prefix pitch to indicate > the starting octave, and taking the starting octave from > the first contained note if the prefix is omitted.

PATCHES: Countdown for May 22nd 2015

2015-05-18 Thread James Lowe
Hello, Here is the current patch countdown list. The next countdown will be on May 22nd. You can always view the most current countdown list here: http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?q=Patch%3Apush%2Ccountdown%2Creview%2Cnew%2Cwaiting&colspec=Patch%20Owner%20ID%20Summary&sort=patch ___