Re: maintaining advanced power-user Scheme functions

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janek Warchoł" <address@hidden>
To: "Thomas Morley" <address@hidden>
Cc: "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>; "Phil Hézaine" 
<address@hidden>; "David Nalesnik" <address@hidden>; 
"LilyPond Developmet Team" <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: maintaining advanced power-user Scheme functions


> After some thinking, i came to the conclusion that LSR should be 
> redesigned.
> Fristly, it should be a git repository, to make collaboration easy -
> when something's a git repository, i have a habit of contributing
> stuff there on every opportunity, because even if i do something wrong
> i can undo this.

I'd guess you're in a minority of about 1% of users who would prefer using 
git to using a web interface.  The current web interface allows you to 
copy-and-paste code directly in, or alternatively to type it directly in. 
Both are simple and quick.  To use git propoerly requires installing a new 
program and learning how to use it.  Remember yesterday when you recommended 
a whole book about how it's used?  If that doesn't put off casual 
contributors, nothing will.  I started work on LilyPond by adding regtests 
to the LSR.  If git had been required, I wouldn't have done so.

> Secondly, i think that it shouldn't depend on any particular lilypond
> version - in fact, it shouldn't actually run any lilypond in my
> opinion.  I believe that LSR should hold both snippets' code and their
> output, with lilypond version clearly stated, and thus allow to post
> snippets for any lilypond version.  It would just be a collection of
> snippets.

The benefit of it running LilyPond is that it shows the result of the code 
on the fly - no need to create and upload images.  This is another 
significant benefit.

> I could elaborate on this topic, but as i don't have time to actually
> do something about it it probably wouln't make sense (unless someone
> wanted to lead such a change - then i would gladly help).
>
> best,
> Janek

It doesn't need much changing - the main problem is maintaining the web 
site.


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Phil Holmes