Re: Hello and question about the list

[Eric Knapp]

I guess that posts like this are not welcome on the devel list. Please
accept my apologies for polluting and I will post questions on the
user list instead. BTW, I actually like lilypond just the way it is
and I would not be interested in a GUI interface at all.

Keep up the good work.

-Eric

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Eric Knapp <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Eric Knapp and I'm a professional computer programmer and
> programming instructor at a college in Wisconsin, USA. I have started
> learning Scheme and lilypond's use of Scheme. I'm doing this so that I
> can write a library of functions to aid in using lilypond to score for
> my musical instrument, the Chapman Stick. The instrument poses several
> scoring challenges that will need Scheme, I believe. This library will
> be shared with the Stick player community and be free and OSS.
>
> Would it be appropriate to ask detailed questions about lilypond
> internals and Scheme on this list? Would you rather I ask them on the
> users list or not at all? At this point in my learning I'm building
> lilypond from git source and coding simple Scheme music functions. I
> think I know enough to be certain that I can do what I want. As of
> now, Stick players really only have Finale as an option for creating
> high-quality scores for the Stick. I really want to fix that with
> lilypond, my Scheme library, and some detailed tutorials and
> screencasts.
>
> Please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Eric
>