Re: Building blocks request for review

[Urs Liska]

Am 11.07.2013 23:19, schrieb Thomas Morley:
> 2013/7/11 Urs Liska <address@hidden>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've made quite some progress in generating a complete set of rhythmical
> > building blocks. I think it will make for a pair of post on our blog that
> > _really_ show that Lily is infinitely superior to any wysiwyg tool at least
> > in this respect.
> >
> > However, I still need some advice in achieving what I want (which isn't a
> > complete copy of Aldridge's model but should be a basic proof-of-concept).
> >
> > Here you can download the current state of affairs:
> > http://lilypondblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/building-blocks-a4.pdf
> >
> > One thing that is immediately visible is that the DrumStaff #'line-count of
> > 1 ceased to work (suddenly, I don't know why). All the other settings from
> > that \layout \context are still in effect.
> >
> > The other issue which isn't that apparent is the beaming.
> > Starting with page 2 I notice bars where the beaming subdivision doesn't
> > work as it should. I assume it has to do with beatstructure etc. but I don't
> > see how I can deal with that so it works automatically (with all these
> > different time signatures).
> >
> > Attached you'll find the sources used for creating the linked pdf file. The
> > starting point is the to-be-compiled .ly file.
> >
> > Looking forward to any comments
> > Urs
> Hi Urs,
>
> just started to look into it.
Thanks so far.
> Some obvious points (I'll post them directly, before I forget about them)
>
> Please use 2.16-syntax, if you declare \version "2.16.2" in
> building-blocks-start.ly
> or change the version.
Hm, actually I thought about that.
I never used 2.16 so it would mean an artificial effort to 'backport' to 
that version. But I always thought that for writing tutorials or similar 
documents it would be advisable to use stable versions.
What would you think? Of course using the versions I'm used to is much 
more practical ...
> Don't use \set in \layout { \context { ... } }
I've to admit that I'm still (!) quite unsure about all this ...
> Move \numericTimeSignature into \layout { \context { \DrumStaff ... } }
dito
> Investigating futher ...
Looking forward to it :-)

Urs
> Regards,
>    Harm