Re: Bass and chords

[David Kastrup]

Frédéric Fanchamps <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for your quick answer.
>
> The good news is that it's clear, I understand it and the issue 559
> you mentioned would perfectly answer to my needs (much more than that
> in fact).
> The bad news is that it is not implemented yet, so I would probably
> need to do something (probably simpler) myself if I want it.
> Is it possible to participate to the Lilypond project? What are the
> technical requirements?

Solid nerves and an open mind.  And then reading the "LilyPond --
Extending" guide.  Most of what you want to do does not require
recompiling LilyPond.  The main programming language with which you
would be working would be Scheme.  Everything else would get much
uglier.

You need to get a good idea of what kind of syntax you want to be
writing, and how this fits with the existing syntax of LilyPond.
Normally, you would not want to mess with syntax, so you need to figure
out what existing syntax/music expression would best express your
intent, and then see how you get from that expression to those you
actually want to see in the score.

-- 
David Kastrup