Re: severe chord repetition problem

2009-12-06 Thread David Kastrup
Wilbert Berendsen writes: > Op zondag 06 december 2009 schreef David: > >> That, in turn, means that the more brainpower is invested in Lilypond to >> make it do "the right thing", the harder it gets for Lilypond-reading >> programs to get it right as well. > > I second this. My program Frescobal

Re: question about optimal page turning

2009-12-06 Thread Michael Käppler
Hi Werner, It seems that the algorithm for optimal page turning is designed for recto and verso pages. In other words, the `first-page-number' paper variable is also an important parameter controlling the layout. Is this correct? However, it is mentioned nowhere. I think this is correct. Ho

Re: severe chord repetition problem

2009-12-06 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op zondag 06 december 2009 schreef David: > That, in turn, means that the more brainpower is invested in Lilypond to > make it do "the right thing", the harder it gets for Lilypond-reading > programs to get it right as well. I second this. My program Frescobaldi has a LilyPond parser that can un

question about optimal page turning

2009-12-06 Thread Werner LEMBERG
It seems that the algorithm for optimal page turning is designed for recto and verso pages. In other words, the `first-page-number' paper variable is also an important parameter controlling the layout. Is this correct? However, it is mentioned nowhere. Werner ___

Re: Add option to indicate frets by letters in tablature (issue164063)

2009-12-06 Thread Carl Sorensen
On Dec 6, 2009, at 7:18 PM, "Ian Hulin" wrote: > Carl, Trevor, > > You've discussed the overloading of 'string' in Scheme and what > variable > name to use, and looked at Dana's suggestion of using 'course' but did > you consider the other important point Dana made? I think so. That's why I

Re: Add option to indicate frets by letters in tablature (issue164063)

2009-12-06 Thread Ian Hulin
Carl, Trevor, You've discussed the overloading of 'string' in Scheme and what variable name to use, and looked at Dana's suggestion of using 'course' but did you consider the other important point Dana made? dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote: Hhm, I'm not so sure about this. I had envisaged

Re: Add option to indicate frets by letters in tablature (issue164063)

2009-12-06 Thread Carl Sorensen
On Dec 6, 2009, at 5:18 PM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: > > Carl Sorensen wrote Sunday, December 06, 2009 9:59 PM >> >> On 12/6/09 9:50 AM, "Trevor Daniels" >> wrote: >>> >>> I changed it because "string" is a keyword in Scheme. >>> It is even used as such in the same few lines of code. >>> Alt

Re: Add option to indicate frets by letters in tablature (issue164063)

2009-12-06 Thread Trevor Daniels
Carl Sorensen wrote Sunday, December 06, 2009 9:59 PM On 12/6/09 9:50 AM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: I changed it because "string" is a keyword in Scheme. It is even used as such in the same few lines of code. Although "string" can be used as a variable name I don't think it should be - it see

Re: Add option to indicate frets by letters in tablature (issue164063)

2009-12-06 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 12/6/09 9:50 AM, "Trevor Daniels" wrote: > Hi Carl > > Thanks for taking a look at this. > > You wrote Sunday, December 06, 2009 3:23 PM> >> >> http://codereview.appspot.com/164063/diff/2001/3008 >> File scm/translation-functions.scm (right): >> >> http://codereview.appspot.com/164063/d

Re: Add option to indicate frets by letters in tablature (issue164063)

2009-12-06 Thread demery
> I fully agree with your point in general, but we need > to think of a variable name other than "string" for the > string on an instrument. I tried, and failed :(, hence > str. String is only completely correct for instruments like violins that have a single string per course. 'course' is the

Re: Chord repetition: \relative mode (issue164096)

2009-12-06 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Le 6 déc. 2009 à 20:30, d...@gnu.org a écrit : > I think it is the wrong way to go if notes can only be guessed if you > know what user-settable memorization function is in effect. We should > not sacrifice readability for the sake of saving a few keystrokes. This is a valid objection, but which

Re: Chord repetition: \relative mode (issue164096)

2009-12-06 Thread dak
On 2009/12/06 17:23:13, nicolas.sceaux wrote: When dealing with a simple_chord_element (simple notes, rests, etc) or a note_chord_element (chord with several notes), the parser updates the memorized chord by calling a user-settable memorization function (see parser.yy). I think it is the w

Re: severe chord repetition problem

2009-12-06 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Kobel writes: > Nicolas Sceaux wrote: >> I was also thinking about that: >> Should the chord repetition function be enabled by default, or should >> the interested user write e.g. \include "chord-repetititon-init.ly" ? >> >> The call to a memorization function for every chords does not

Re: Cannot make doc

2009-12-06 Thread Francisco Vila
2009/12/6 John Mandereau : >> *** Can't open ./out-www/learning/ for writing: Is a directory >> Documentation/./out-www/learning/index.fr.html > > I got this too (but only in my working tree) while fixing > extract_texi_filenames.py and lilypond-texi2html.init.  As a result, > Texi2HTML now bombs o

Re: Chord repetition: \relative mode (issue164096)

2009-12-06 Thread nicolas . sceaux
Hi, I've uploaded a second patch set, which introduces a chord memorization function. When dealing with a simple_chord_element (simple notes, rests, etc) or a note_chord_element (chord with several notes), the parser updates the memorized chord by calling a user-settable memorization function (s

Re: Add option to indicate frets by letters in tablature (issue164063)

2009-12-06 Thread Trevor Daniels
Hi Carl Thanks for taking a look at this. You wrote Sunday, December 06, 2009 3:23 PM> http://codereview.appspot.com/164063/diff/2001/3008 File scm/translation-functions.scm (right): http://codereview.appspot.com/164063/diff/2001/3008#newcode393 scm/translation-functions.scm:393: (define-publ

Re: Cannot make doc

2009-12-06 Thread John Mandereau
Le samedi 05 décembre 2009 à 11:18 +, Graham Percival a écrit : > I've seen similar messages when attempting to build it on GUB, > although they specify /contributor/ instead. I haven't seen them > when building it natively, though. I'll try building the online > target and see if that dies.

Re: Cannot make doc

2009-12-06 Thread John Mandereau
Le samedi 05 décembre 2009 à 11:32 +0100, Francisco Vila a écrit : > WARNING: Node 'Index de LilyPond' was NOT found in the map > File name: index-de-lilypond.html There is a lot of debug prints from the init file, a lot of them are commented out; I'll remove most of them when the init file will b

Re: Add option to indicate frets by letters in tablature (issue164063)

2009-12-06 Thread Carl . D . Sorensen
Looks great to me. I have a couple of comments. Thanks for doing this! Carl http://codereview.appspot.com/164063/diff/2001/3008 File scm/translation-functions.scm (right): http://codereview.appspot.com/164063/diff/2001/3008#newcode393 scm/translation-functions.scm:393: (define-public (fret-l

Re: a little lilybuntu help

2009-12-06 Thread Trevor Daniels
Jonathan Kulp wrote Sunday, December 06, 2009 1:20 PM On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Trevor Daniels wrote: I'm hardly an expert, having installed ubuntu myself only a few days ago, but the default editor in ubuntu from Jonathan's .iso seems to be gedit. This certainly supports utf8 - it'

Re: a little lilybuntu help

2009-12-06 Thread Jonathan Kulp
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Trevor Daniels wrote: > > Graham Percival wrote Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:23 PM > > > > We have a new doc contributor using lilybuntu. Does anybody know: >> - what's the default text editor? >> - how do you make it wrap at 72 characters per line? >> - does it s

Re: severe chord repetition problem

2009-12-06 Thread Alexander Kobel
Nicolas Sceaux wrote: I was also thinking about that: Should the chord repetition function be enabled by default, or should the interested user write e.g. \include "chord-repetititon-init.ly" ? The call to a memorization function for every chords does not look like a good idea wrt performances.

Re: a little lilybuntu help

2009-12-06 Thread Trevor Daniels
Graham Percival wrote Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:23 PM We have a new doc contributor using lilybuntu. Does anybody know: - what's the default text editor? - how do you make it wrap at 72 characters per line? - does it support utf-8? (I had an issue with one patch not applying cleanly, and

Re: severe chord repetition problem

2009-12-06 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Le 6 déc. 2009 à 13:09, Alexander Kobel a écrit : > I'm not sure, though, if such a policy-based version is possible via Scheme > (read: at runtime), since it seems to affect the parser. This is what I was beginning to think about. I will introduce a new customizable function for the memorizatio

a little lilybuntu help

2009-12-06 Thread Graham Percival
We have a new doc contributor using lilybuntu. Does anybody know: - what's the default text editor? - how do you make it wrap at 72 characters per line? - does it support utf-8? (I had an issue with one patch not applying cleanly, and I'm wondering if this was it) Oh wait, I just remembered Tr

Re: severe chord repetition problem

2009-12-06 Thread Alexander Kobel
David Kastrup wrote: Nicolas Sceaux writes: Concerning chord repetition, the issues that have been raised are: - \relative mode A patch is available for review at If nobody objects I'll commit it within a few days. Maybe there should be a common strateg

Re: severe chord repetition problem

2009-12-06 Thread Alexander Kobel
Nicolas Sceaux wrote: Le 6 déc. 2009 à 06:28, Werner LEMBERG a écrit : Concerning chord repetition, the issues that have been raised are: - Which elements should be copied? Restrict the memorization to note chords (like ), and exclude simple notes and rests? I was recently in a situation where

Re: severe chord repetition problem

2009-12-06 Thread David Kastrup
Nicolas Sceaux writes: > Le 6 déc. 2009 à 06:28, Werner LEMBERG a écrit : > >> >> Please see #924. > > This one is fixed. > > Concerning chord repetition, the issues that have been raised are: > > - \relative mode > A patch is available for review at > If n

Re: severe chord repetition problem

2009-12-06 Thread Nicolas Sceaux
Le 6 déc. 2009 à 06:28, Werner LEMBERG a écrit : > > Please see #924. This one is fixed. Concerning chord repetition, the issues that have been raised are: - \relative mode A patch is available for review at If nobody objects I'll commit it within a few d