Re: A work-in-progress guide to extending LilyPond

[Thomas Morley]

Am Mo., 5. Apr. 2021 um 21:38 Uhr schrieb Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr>:
>
> Hi,
>
> A frequent complaint on this list is the lack
> of available documentation about LilyPond's
> inner workings and programming interfaces.
>
> Indeed, I have myself experienced the thorny
> path to getting a grasp of how to extend
> LilyPond in Scheme.
>
> To remedy this, pushed by Jacques, I wrote
> up the start of something that could someday
> resemble an introduction to extending and a
> guide covering programming topics. It is a
> work-in-progress and pretty incomplete at the
> moment. Nevertheless, it contains some unique
> material, like the explanations about Scheme
> engravers (totally undocumented).
>
> On the long-term, this might make its way into
> the official documentation in an adapted form.
>
> It's here:
>
> https://extending-lilypond.readthedocs.io/
>
> I'll be glad if this is useful to someone.
>
> I would also appreciate any comments you
> might have.
>
> Regards,
> Jean
>
>

Hi Jean,

this is great work. I'd wish it would have been available years ago.
at the time I undertook exploring said "thorny path".
It should become part of the official docs!

That said, I had a closer look through it.
My remarks attached.


Best,
  Harm

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