Re: Using .ily for included lilypond files

[Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)]

Just wondering.

Is the fact, that a change like this breaks existing editor support for 
LilyPond, considered at all?



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.
>
> I quite like this suggestion, 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")
> - 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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