Re: volunteering and other questions

[Graham Percival]

Trevor -- some comments for you at the bottom.


On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:35:56 -0800
Tim Reeves <address@hidden> wrote:

>  I'm a horn player, and so
> is Han-Wen, so it seems like the horn-specific stuff in Lilypond is
> pretty well taken care of. :-)

Yes and no; for example, does NR 2 have any "brass instruments"
section?  Are there any special horn notation stuff that would
require such a section?

(the answer may well be `no', but I don't know)

-- err, don't answer this question yet.  I'm not thinking about NR
2 until we finish NR 1... this is just a small example to show
that _no_ user can afford to say "oh, Graham does string music, so
I don't need to bother looking for problems with violin music
writing with the lilypond docs".  :)

> I read the mailiing list
> regularly, and learn a lot from it, usually just storing up the
> knowledge that LP is capable of X and that if I ever need to do X, I
> can search for it later, rather than actually using X. 

lilypond-user secretary?  (the more the better)
LSR adder?

> Can anyone just "assign me" a
> one-hour or less job, based on the above abilities?

The above tasks are ongoing jobs, not a one-shot thing.

> Then when I
> finish, either assign another or maybe it will be obvious to me what
> to do next. If I don't get a response, I'll start with Checking the
> Learning Manual.

I'd suggest this anyway.  It's not a one-hour job, but it _is_ a
one-shot job.

> 2. The advanced layout and titling stylesheet example in the LSR 
> (http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=368) makes no sense to me at all.
> It says, "Below is just a temporary dummy example to ensure LSR 
> compatibility. Remember to remove it when using the actual code."
> Where do I get "the actual code"?

...

I'm sorry to say this, but could we put that discussion on hold
for a week or so?  As you've noted, there's been a huge number of
posts over the weekend; I'd like to get things settled down a bit
before returning to that issue.



General note: please send suggestions like this in a separate
email.  That will keep the discussions much more focused and
easier to follow.

> 3. Suggestions for change to LM:
> 
> Chapter 2.1.1:
> Under "Windows", replace "To get an empty file to start from, run the 
> editor as described above and use ?New? in the ?File? menu."
> with
> "To get an empty file to start from, run the editor as described
> above and use ?New? in the ?File? menu, or right-click on the desktop
> and select New...Text Document, and change the extension to .ly."
> 
> Chapter 2.1.3
> "a comment is a remark for the human reader of the music input; it is 
> ignored while parsing, so it has no effect on the printed output.
> There are two types of comments. The percent symbol % introduces a
> line comment; anything after % on that line is ignored. A block
> comment marks a whole section of music input as a comment. Anything
> that is enclosed in %{ and %} is ignored. (Comments do not nest.) "
> 
> What does " Comments do not nest" mean? Does it mean I can't put a
> comment within a comment? I tried it and it seemed to be no problem.
> 
> 4. What is a .ily file?
> 
> 
> 
> Tim Reeves