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Re: volunteering and other questions
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Graham Percival |
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Re: volunteering and other questions |
Date: |
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:52:01 -0800 |
Trevor -- some comments for you at the bottom.
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:35:56 -0800
Tim Reeves <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm a horn player, and so
> is Han-Wen, so it seems like the horn-specific stuff in Lilypond is
> pretty well taken care of. :-)
Yes and no; for example, does NR 2 have any "brass instruments"
section? Are there any special horn notation stuff that would
require such a section?
(the answer may well be `no', but I don't know)
-- err, don't answer this question yet. I'm not thinking about NR
2 until we finish NR 1... this is just a small example to show
that _no_ user can afford to say "oh, Graham does string music, so
I don't need to bother looking for problems with violin music
writing with the lilypond docs". :)
> I read the mailiing list
> regularly, and learn a lot from it, usually just storing up the
> knowledge that LP is capable of X and that if I ever need to do X, I
> can search for it later, rather than actually using X.
lilypond-user secretary? (the more the better)
LSR adder?
> Can anyone just "assign me" a
> one-hour or less job, based on the above abilities?
The above tasks are ongoing jobs, not a one-shot thing.
> Then when I
> finish, either assign another or maybe it will be obvious to me what
> to do next. If I don't get a response, I'll start with Checking the
> Learning Manual.
I'd suggest this anyway. It's not a one-hour job, but it _is_ a
one-shot job.
> 2. The advanced layout and titling stylesheet example in the LSR
> (http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=368) makes no sense to me at all.
> It says, "Below is just a temporary dummy example to ensure LSR
> compatibility. Remember to remove it when using the actual code."
> Where do I get "the actual code"?
...
I'm sorry to say this, but could we put that discussion on hold
for a week or so? As you've noted, there's been a huge number of
posts over the weekend; I'd like to get things settled down a bit
before returning to that issue.
General note: please send suggestions like this in a separate
email. That will keep the discussions much more focused and
easier to follow.
> 3. Suggestions for change to LM:
>
> Chapter 2.1.1:
> Under "Windows", replace "To get an empty file to start from, run the
> editor as described above and use ?New? in the ?File? menu."
> with
> "To get an empty file to start from, run the editor as described
> above and use ?New? in the ?File? menu, or right-click on the desktop
> and select New...Text Document, and change the extension to .ly."
>
> Chapter 2.1.3
> "a comment is a remark for the human reader of the music input; it is
> ignored while parsing, so it has no effect on the printed output.
> There are two types of comments. The percent symbol % introduces a
> line comment; anything after % on that line is ignored. A block
> comment marks a whole section of music input as a comment. Anything
> that is enclosed in %{ and %} is ignored. (Comments do not nest.) "
>
> What does " Comments do not nest" mean? Does it mean I can't put a
> comment within a comment? I tried it and it seemed to be no problem.
>
> 4. What is a .ily file?
>
>
>
> Tim Reeves