Re: Problem compiling: music-functions-init.ly

[Keizen Li Qian]

Thanks for working on this. Please let me know when and how to get it.

Keizen

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On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 2:09 AM Thomas Morley <address@hidden> wrote:

Am Mi., 14. Nov. 2018 um 11:04 Uhr schrieb David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>
> Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I'm not convinced about below, but for the record:
> >
> > One could give the key-function a string-argument, or probably a symbol
> > And react on the input, like
> >
> > (case <input>
> >   (("major") major)
> >   ...
> >   (else (ly:error/warning "message"))
> >
> > Obviously pseudo-code (I'm in a hurry), but I hope the proposal is made clear.
> > Also, would need a convert-rule.
>
> That would leave us with the same situation we had for a long time
> regarding engravers: the built-in scales would be a privileged class and
> you'd need to have some registration mechanism to elevate user-defined
> scales.
>
> I usually lean towards making things work "as expected" but I don't
> really think it would be doing us favors here.
>
> --
> David Kastrup

As said, I'm not convinced about this myself, but I thought the (at
least) thinkable alternative should have been discussed.
This happened now. ;)

My very first thought about the problem was to use number-pair-list?
So I'm fine with your patch.

Cheers,
  Harm