Status: Accepted Owner: ---- Labels: Type-Documentation
New issue 3003 by [email protected]: Document the MIDI backend http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3003 Johannes Rohrer reported here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2012-12/msg00000.html as follows: Dear LilyPond developers, a month ago, on a tangent to the Issue #687 discussion <http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=687>, I got tempted to have a look at the LilyPond MIDI backend, only to be scared away by the utter lack of documentation. However, I have looked again a few times since then. Now I would like to file a wish to improve that situation, and offer some help. At least, I would like to see the following enhancements: 1. Improve performer documentation in the Internals Reference to engraver standards: a) document performer/context relations as specified in ly/performer-init.ly b) document which music types are accepted by performers c) document Audio Items (analogously to grobs) produced by performers 2. Provide at least a short MIDI backend overview in the Contributor's Guide. Here is a patch that implements 1 a) and b). <https://codereview.appspot.com/6868047> Should you accept it, I am ready to tackle 1 c). Best regards, Johannes Rohrer
