lilyglyphs package - new version and call for participation

[Urs Liska]

Hi LilyPond coders,

I'm quite happy to tell you that I just finished a new version of my 
'lilyglyphs' package. This is not a release, but just a progress from a 
0.0.1 version to a 0.0.2, so don't expect anything polished here.
For those who missed the first announcement a few weeks ago: lilyglyphs 
is a (Xe-) LaTeX package aiming at providing LilyPond's notational 
elements as commands for use in continuous text in LaTeX documents.

After a first sketch I made a significant step towards a stable syntax 
and foundation of the package.
So far it is actually usable already, as you can print any glyphs 
available in LilyPond's Emmentaler font. The number of predefined 
commands is still at a neglectable ratio, but you can always access the 
glyphs through generic commands.

Now I would very much appreciate comments and discussion - and 
participation!
There are a few issues that I really need feedback / input with now, as 
I am in fact quite new to LaTeX, and I would feel much better sorting 
some things out now before I implement numerous commands.
When these topics are decided, I could use as many 'helping hands' as 
possible. The final intention for a version 1.0 is to cover the whole 
Emmentaler range, which means a lot of individual commands have to be 
implemented. Of course I will mainly spend energy in areas that I could 
use myself, so it would be nice to have people who need other kinds of 
glyphs to participate in their implementation.

At the moment there are two major issues to solve:
a)
I implemented a system of optional arguments with key=value lists that 
can influence the appearance of the glyphs on a global level, at design 
time (of predefined commands) and at invocation time. It looks quite 
elegant to me, but I'm not sure if it is robust, extensible and powerful 
enough.
b)
The next issue to tackle is to create symbols (or Grobs) that aren't 
glyphs but have to be created using glyphs and drawing commands. I did 
the first test using the tikz/pgf package, but can see very well that it 
isn't a trivial task. The most obvious issue is to make the resulting 
graphics scalable without breaking. But on the long run it may be 
equally important to make this system modular. I don't want to create 
every new symbol from scratch, but want to be able to reuse elements.

While I might actually find my way through these issues on my own, the 
exchange with more experienced users/developpers would surely be 
extremely helpful - and a good way to speed up the process until the 
package can become generally useful.

The project is hosted at https://github.com/uliska/lilyglyphs, and you 
can download the repository as an archive file or -- preferrably -- by 
cloning into the repository at 
https://address@hidden/uliska/llyglyphs.git.

Best
Urs