PATCHES - Countdown for June 8th

2017-06-07 Thread James
Hello, Here is the current patch countdown list. The next countdown will be on June 11th. A quick synopsis of all patches currently in the review process can be found here: http://philholmes.net/lilypond/allura/ Push: No patches to Push. Countdown: 1388 Support OpenType font features

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Dan (et al.), > It is worth investigating the possibility of changing the part combiner from > an event router to a property setter. If that is feasible, Kieren’s concerns > about voice naming would still need to be addressed, but without the > complication of the extra voices that exist on

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Dan Eble
> On Jun 7, 2017, at 19:48, Carl Sorensen wrote: > > On 6/7/17 5:30 PM, "Kieren MacMillan" > wrote: > >>> Could it not leave the parts where they are (continuous parts in >>> exactly one voice context per part) and change their context properties >>> instead? >> >> Not sure I quite understand

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 6/7/17 5:30 PM, "Kieren MacMillan" wrote: >Hi Dan, > >> If we¹re going to ask that kind of question, let¹s mention a more >>radical redesign. > >I would be happy with a "radical redesign", if that's what it takes to >(a) solve some of the problems I face with partcombine on a daily basis, >or

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Dan, > If we’re going to ask that kind of question, let’s mention a more radical > redesign. I would be happy with a "radical redesign", if that's what it takes to (a) solve some of the problems I face with partcombine on a daily basis, or (b) establish a good base for future development/im

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Dan Eble
> On Jun 7, 2017, at 09:34, Kieren MacMillan > wrote: > > As a first step, I would offer that we should figure out how (if?) the "one" > context can be funnelled seamlessly into the "shared" and "solo" contexts — > as I see it, that's the main problem with lyrics getting disconnected (etc.).

Re: Releasing 2.20

2017-06-07 Thread Hans Aikema
David, Make sure that your main focus will be getting back into good shape. If schedule and energy levels allow for starting of a 2.20 branch I think it would be good to update ghostscript to a version that has the PNG-transparency glitches fixed that surfaced in 2.19.51. Ghostscript has made a

Re: [Issue #3947] fixing \huge et al.

2017-06-07 Thread Thomas Morley
2017-06-07 21:53 GMT+02:00 Carl Sorensen : > > Is there any place else in the codebase where we include lilypond examples > in the doc strings? It seems like we ought to try for consistency; either > use lilypond examples in all of the doc strings (maybe at least for markup > functions) or in non

Re: [Issue #3947] fixing \huge et al.

2017-06-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi David, > Maybe check the effects that super- and subscripts cause on a block of text? Good thought. Doesn't seem to have a negative effect. Other thoughts? Or should I start moving towards a submittable patch? Thanks, Kieren. Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ web

Releasing 2.20

2017-06-07 Thread David Kastrup
Ok folks, tomorrow I am leaving for physical therapy. I expect 3 weeks without extension since the problematic areas have boiled down considerably in the last two weeks already: swallowing is an ongoing nuisance, balance is pretty well but looking back when bicycling still is precarious in parti

Re: [Issue #3947] fixing \huge et al.

2017-06-07 Thread David Kastrup
Kieren MacMillan writes: > Hi Carl, > >> You have not yet tested your baseline-skip parameter with a different >> default-staff-size. I think that you will probably need to include the >> default baseline-skip when determining the new baseline-skip. Font sizes >> avoid this problem by using a s

Re: [Issue #3947] fixing \huge et al.

2017-06-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Carl, > You have not yet tested your baseline-skip parameter with a different > default-staff-size. I think that you will probably need to include the > default baseline-skip when determining the new baseline-skip. Font sizes > avoid this problem by using a scale parameter. I don't know that

Re: [Issue #3947] fixing \huge et al.

2017-06-07 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 6/7/17 2:01 PM, "Kieren MacMillan" wrote: >> Is there any place else in the codebase where we include lilypond >>examples >> in the doc strings? It seems like we ought to try for consistency; >>either >> use lilypond examples in all of the doc strings (maybe at least for >>markup >> function

Re: [Issue #3947] fixing \huge et al.

2017-06-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Carl, Thanks for the helpful response. > The spacing appears pretty good to me. Excellent. > Seems like an abstracted function with two parameters (magstep and > baselineskip) would be about right. Of course, if you can determine > baselineskip from magstep, you would only need one paramete

Re: [Issue #3947] fixing \huge et al.

2017-06-07 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 6/7/17 12:17 PM, "lilypond-devel on behalf of Kieren MacMillan" wrote: >Hello all, > >Thanks to some help (on the user-list) from David K, I've started to >attack issue #3947. >(I figured this would be a nice, relatively painless way to get my feet >wet in the dev/git/patch process.) > >The sn

[Issue #3947] fixing \huge et al.

2017-06-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all, Thanks to some help (on the user-list) from David K, I've started to attack issue #3947. (I figured this would be a nice, relatively painless way to get my feet wet in the dev/git/patch process.) The snippet included below is what I have so far. It appears to work as hoped. Two ques

Re: VirtualBox error

2017-06-07 Thread Wols Lists
On 07/06/17 00:54, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hi all, > >> Got what? > > Hmmm… Looks like the list didn't accept my screenshot… =( > > Anyway, it was a fatal error. > I have apparently fixed it (?) by uninstalling and doing the whole procedure > again from scratch. > Dunno whether it's what yo

Fix typos in \offset documentation (issue 322040043 by david.nales...@gmail.com)

2017-06-07 Thread david . nalesnik
Reviewers: , Description: Fix typos in \offset documentation - Fix errors in description of OttavaBracket example - Minor improvements in wording Please review this at https://codereview.appspot.com/322040043/ Affected files (+5, -4 lines): M Documentation/notation/changing-defaults.itely

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Dan, > The part combiner can also route events to “shared”, “solo”, and “null” > contexts. If you took the step you’re proposing, the next question would be > why can’t a person control those other names too? If there is going to be > user control, should it be more comprehensive? Absolut