Re: Using .ily for included lilypond files

[Jonathan Kulp]

Graham Percival wrote:
> In the large "DOC: Makefile" thread that nobody new is going to
> read, there was a proposal to use .ily to indicate "setup"
> lilypond files.
by "setup" files do you mean stuff like "english.ly"?  I was only 
thinking about input files holding all the notes and macros.  Should the 
language files and old styles like gregorian also be .ily files?

> I quite like this suggestion, 

Me too.  I've already adjusted my own projects to use this convention 
and it makes for much more elegant filenames. :)

so I'm asking somebody to take the
> next step: integrate this with lilypond.
>
> - change (almost) everything in ly/ to .ily.
> - update the internal "loading included files" stuff.
> - update the docs (i.e. \include "gregorian.ly" should now
>   just be "gregorian.ily")

I can manage this part.  I'll have to do some scouring if we want to 
change all instances of \include "filename.ly" in the docs.  I know 
there are some in the LM part about style sheets.  I'll start digging 
and changing.  I also still have to incorporate Carl's suggestions on 
nested \relative stuff from another thread. (I haven't forgotten!)

> - make a convert-ly rule.  Any of the built-in files (i.e.
>   accordian.ly) should be changed automatically.  Since we
>   still support including .ly, we don't need to print out
>   a warning for other files.
> - add a NEWS item.
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
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