Re: Enhancement request/partial patch: Document the MIDI backend

[Colin Hall]

On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 12:00:11PM +0100, Johannes Rohrer wrote:
> Dear LilyPond developers,
> 
> a month ago, on a tangent to the Issue #687 discussion 
> <http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=687>, I got tempted 
> to have a look at the LilyPond MIDI backend, only to be scared away by 
> the utter lack of documentation.
> 
> However, I have looked again a few times since then. Now I would like to 
> file a wish to improve that situation, and offer some help.
> 
> At least, I would like to see the following enhancements:
> 
> 1. Improve performer documentation in the Internals Reference to 
> engraver standards:
> 
>    a) document performer/context relations as specified
>       in ly/performer-init.ly
> 
>    b) document which music types are accepted by performers
> 
>    c) document Audio Items (analogously to grobs) produced by performers
> 
> 2. Provide at least a short MIDI backend overview in the Contributor's 
> Guide.
> 
> 
> Here is a patch that implements 1 a) and b).
> 
> <https://codereview.appspot.com/6868047>
> 
> Should you accept it, I am ready to tackle 1 c).
> 

Thanks very much for the patch, Johannes. It seems that this doc
enhancement is distinct from all the other recent work on MIDI and so
I have created tracker 3003 for it.

http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3003

Cheers,
Colin.

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Colin Hall