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Compilation Progress Messages - a suggestion
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ian_hulin |
Subject: |
Compilation Progress Messages - a suggestion |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:19:48 -0800 (PST) |
First of all, many thanks to Han-Wen, Jan, Graham and all the development
team on a great free-source 'product'.
This isn't a bug as such, more of a suggestion.
There was a whole discussion recently about the format of the postscript
file, did you need it, and if so should it be ps-2 or ps-3 format. This
made me think of the messages produced in the log file and/or the command
window for a Lilypond compilation with all the default settings.
I noticed the following nit-picks:
Each pass phase in the compilation told you it was starting, but not how it
finished
The message when starting producing the postscript file was ambiguous -
was it telling you it was starting or had finished.
Here's an example, from a score containing three \score blocks in a \book
for a part using page-turn breaking:
(Current log file)
# -*-compilation-*-
Changing working directory to `C:/Documents and Settings/ian.HULIN/My
Documents/Music/VaughanWilliams/FluteFolkSongs'
Processing `C:/Documents and Settings/ian.HULIN/My
Documents/Music/VaughanWilliams/FluteFolkSongs/FSFlute2Part.ly'
Parsing...
Interpreting music... [8][16][24][32][40][48][54]
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Interpreting music... [8][16][24][32][40][48][54]
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Interpreting music... [8][16][24][32][40]
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Calculating page and line breaks (3 possible page breaks)... [1][2][3]
Drawing systems...
Layout output to `FSFlute2Part.ps'...
%^^^^^is this the start or the end of this phase?^^^^^
Converting to `FSFlute2Part.pdf'...
%^^^^^did everything finish OK or not?
(Suggested log file)
# -*-compilation-*-
Changing working directory to `C:/Documents and Settings/ian.HULIN/My
Documents/Music/VaughanWilliams/FluteFolkSongs'
Processing `C:/Documents and Settings/ian.HULIN/My
Documents/Music/VaughanWilliams/FluteFolkSongs/FSFlute2Part.ly'
Parsing...
Parse completed successfully
Interpreting music (score 1)...
[8][16][24][32][40][48][54]
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Successfully interpreted music for score 1
Interpreting music (score 2)...
[8][16][24][32][40][48][54]
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Successfully interpreted music for score 2
Interpreting music (score 3)...
[8][16][24][32][40]
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Successfully interpreted music for score 3
Calculating page and line breaks
(3 possible page breaks)...
[1][2][3]
Successfully calculated line and page breaks
Drawing systems...
Systems drawn successfully
Generating layout, writing to `FSFlute2Part.ps'...
Layout successfully generated
Converting to `FSFlute2Part.pdf'...
Layout successfully converted to Portable Document Format (pdf)
Each pass of the compilation starts with a {whatever}ing ... type message,
may have a progress message ([1] [2] [3] or suchlike), and is terminated by
a 'successful completion' message. Obviously there would also be messages
to inform the user if the particular phase of the compilation failed.
I know this probably looks like a cosmetic change, but it would give newer
users of Lilypond (like me), a nice warm fuzzy glow when using the compiler
and I hope would not be too tricky to implement.
Cheers,
Ian Hulin
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