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Re: Two possible bugs bugging me


From: John Ramsey
Subject: Re: Two possible bugs bugging me
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:46:08 -0400

So, is this Frescobaldi thing something that can convert the apostrophes
that are scattered throughout the old lyric files I'm working from?

-Bari

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 4:24 PM Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:

>
>
> Le 26 juil. 2022 à 22:16, John Ramsey <ramseyman1@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> 
> Thanks. I was just trying to do what I used to do before version 22. I
> could transfer my musical thoughts to a word document anywhere I happened
> to be, not just my own computer.
>
>
>
>
> You can edit raw text on any computer. On Windows, the Windows Notepad
> fits the bill. On Linux, the default graphical raw text editor varies but
> is often Gedit. On macOS, the Textedit app works if I recall correctly.
>
>
> And what's this? No more LilyPad in 7 months??
> Bari
>
>
>
> Yes. You’ll need either an editor with support for LilyPond (there are
> many, see https://lilypond.org/easier-editing.html
> <https://lilypond.org/easier-editing.fr.html>) or to run LilyPond on the
> command line.
>
> Everything’s a tradeoff, and this one gave us an enormously more reliable
> setup that allows releases not to be blocked because cross-compilation
> would not work, as happened in the past. Also, it produces 64-bit binaries,
> so they’ll be faster.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 4:00 PM Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> > 2. I do some of my rough drafts in MSWord and transfer the notations to
>> > LilyPad. BUT as of version 22, I have a problem with quotation marks and
>> > apostrophes. MSWord uses curly quote marks and curly apostrophes as a
>> > default, which I would hate to change. And LilyPad is now only
>> recognizing
>> > straight ones. Curly commas are OK, but I have to manually change the
>> > quotes and apostrophes after transferring the text to the .ly document,
>> in
>> > order to prevent strings of weird code. I always miss a couple, which
>> > drives me nuts. (I'm halfway there as it is.) Can this be put back the
>> way
>> > it was?
>>
>>
>> Simple: don’t use MS Word to edit LilyPond code. A rich text editor is
>> not a good tool to edit raw text. Taking an analogy, this request sounds a
>> bit as if you were trying to cut bread with your fingernails and complained
>> that your nail varnish prevented you from doing that. Just don’t do it that
>> way :-)
>>
>> Do you have any particular reason not to use LilyPad all way through?
>>
>> At any rate, LilyPad is gone in 2.23, we now only distribute binaries of
>> LilyPond, without a minimalistic GUI. Instead, we recommend editors like
>> Frescobaldi. I strongly recommend you try it, for me it was a relief.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Jean
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Respectfully submitted,
>> > Bari Ramsey
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