Re: Need some help with \include "makam.ly"

[Trevor Daniels]

Graham Percival wrote Monday, August 17, 2009 11:30 AM


> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:07:44PM +0100, Joseph Wakeling wrote:
> > Neil Puttock wrote:
> > > Can you suggest any improvements for this snippet's 
> > > documentation?  It
> > > does already mention where the pitch names are defined 
> > > (ly/makam.ly).
> >
> > An actual link to LM section 4.6.3 would help.  Also, the details 
> > of the
> > location of the ly/ folder are not correct.  It gives the 
> > location as being,
> >
> > INSTALLDIR/lilypond/usr/share/lilypond/current/

Yes, but that is under the section headed
"Downloaded from lilypond.org" ...

> > ... whereas if your LP install is via a package manager, it will 
> > be in
> >
> > /usr/share/lilypond/x.yy.z/
> >
> > ... where x.yy.z is the version number (2.12.1 in my case).

... and that's exactly what it says in the
following section, helpfully entitled
"Installed from a package manager or compiled
from source"

> Interesting.  Nobody who touched that part of the docs, including
> me, has ever installed lilypond via a package manager.  Hopefully
> Trevor can modify the section accordingly.

It seems to be correct already.

> > I know the snippet documentation is meant to be brief but why not 
> > add a
> > note-name table -- or if not in the documentation, in the snippet 
> > source
> > that you get when you click on the example?
>
> We could add this to pitches.itely and world.itely (appropriately
> split up).  Trevor can help you get the documentation source,
> proofread your texinfo changes, and prepare a patch.

Happy to do this, Joseph.  Just tip me a wink
if you wish to do this.

> Trevor: the actual table goes in pitches.itely (obviously), while
> we should add a NR 2.9.2 Makam or Turkish or something.  I guess
> that section will only contain a "References for..." subsection,
> but that's fine.

Hhm.  I'll have a think about it but as
I know precisely zero about this I'd need some
help.  And from what I've seen on the lists
I don't relish the idea much, as there seems to
be little consensus.  If someone wants to write
that section I'd be happy to guide them and
insert the mark-up.

Trevor