OK I'll re-think this one. But not just now as I'm just off to sing in a choir!
/Bernard On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 18:26 +0200, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > Op do, 21-04-2005 te 09:52 +0100, schreef Bernard Hurley: > > Hi, > > > > No one got back to me on this but I am submitting a patch anyway: > > > > Changelog entry: > > ============================================= > > 2005-04-21 Bernard Hurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > * scm/output-lib.scm: added full set of X11 color names. > > Where X11 colors have optional multiword names, e.g. "dark > > orange" and "DarkOrange" only the single word names are available. > > The names already defined in Lily 2.5.20 have been retained and refer > > to the same color except "grey" which now refers to the lighter > > X11 shade of grey. > > > > Hi, > > I like the idea, but I oppose of the patch, since it pollutes the global > name space. I'd rather have something like > > #(x11-color DarkSlateBlue) > #(x11-color 'DarkSlateBlue) > #(x11-color "DarkSlateBlue") > > (I guess the 1st is easiest to use), which looks the name up in a > private color database. > > Also, the code should take the data from an alist (and possibly store it > in a hash-table.), eg. > > (define (x11-color arg) > .. > '((blue 0 0 1) > (red 1 0 0) > ... )) > > -- Bernard Hurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
