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Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 3:40
PM
Subject: Using Development Versions,
Introducing LilyPond to Others
I appreciate Xavier's suggestion that I move to 2.15. I have not used
development versions of Lilypond because of the warning, "If you have the
slightest doubt..." Well, as a non-programmer with a great deal to learn, I
have a lot of doubt! :-) I notice that 2.16 is close to release, so I will
take a chance and try 2.15.30.
As I considered the move to 2.15, it triggered some thoughts in my
mind on which I would appreciate some advice. I really love the freedom
and flexibility of Lilypond, having come from Finale about a year ago.
First, I teach a 12-week introductory lab class in music technology to
high school students (both musicians and non-). The students determine their
own focus for course content by choosing among Finale, ACID Pro, REASON and
piano keyboarding skills. Also, everyone is required to pass the first six
units of Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory. Since it is a fairly small
lab class each students gets a good amount of individual instruction.
Recently, I've spoken enthusiastically about Lilypond, not just to
my students, but to anyone who will listen. So far, I've had no takers. Any
thoughts on ways to get others interested in Lilypond would be welcome. For a
young person with a love for music and the need to develop marketable skills,
I can't think of a more enjoyable way to introduce how computer commands
and programs work than by combining music-making and Lilypond. Sometimes it's
hard to get the fish to bite even with the most delicious food right in front
of their noses!
Second, I noticed in Lilypond "Help Us" section that even someone like me
might be useful in a way that might free up others with the advanced
programming skills. Of the practical suggestions listed (Mailing List, Bug
Reports, Documentation, Snippets), which would be the best place to
start?
Finally, since 2.14, LilyPondTool no longer works as it did and I haven't
seen anything from Mr. Fodor about it for several months. Did I miss
something? Is there a better way to work on a Lilypond file than jEdit with
LilyPondTool?
Also, please let me know if this isn't the best place or manner in which
to address these issues.
Thank you,
Mark
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Xavier wrote:
It was tracked as issue #1563 , which was actually solved in 2.15.6.
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1563Mark,
if you use the development version 2.15.30 it is actually fixed
and you
won't need my workaround anymore. You could also wait for the
next
stable release 2.16.
Cheers,
Xavier
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