Re: [frogs] Issue 1278

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Felipe, 

I apologize for being so slow to respond.  I lost this mail in my mail
handling system.

On 12/22/10 9:43 PM, "Felipe Gonçalves Assis" <felipeg.assis@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to help solving Issue 1278 (arrow notation for quarter tones).
> 
> I understand that it is one of low priority and just an enhancement. I am
> also aware that the development is currently focused on getting 2.14 out.
> However, I believe this is a good opportunity for me to contribute since
> it is something I could reasonably grasp.
> 
> I have written a patch that might be of interest. It addresses the issue
> by changing the LilyPond representation of alterations to a pair of
> integers,
> with no implied pitch values, as suggested by Hans Aberg
> (http://www.mail-archive.com/lilypond-devel@xxxxxxx/msg30877.html).


Can you upload a patch to Reitveld for review?  That would be the easiest
way to get started.  Use git-cl to upload the patch, then go to the Rietveld
issue and Publish and Mail comments to announce the posting of the patch.

> 
> I believe this to be at least a concrete starting point. Even if we decide
> for
> something different, I could be of assistance, both in discussions and
> code-work.
> 
> The help I would need back from more experienced developers would be
> mainly in:
>   * Discussion of some design decisions;
>   * Some clarifications on regression tests;
>   * Writing convert-ly rules;
>   * Kind reviews of my Scheme code.

We'll be happy to provide feedback for you.

Where you are starting with such a major issue (major in the sense that it
affects the fundamental representations in LilyPond, rather than just
creating some new output), I think it best to start right off in
conversations with the core developers.

> 
> By the way, with regard to my qualifications, I think it is important to
> say that I speak C++ natively, but have just learnt enough Lisp/Scheme/Guile
> to make the mentioned patch work. Also, I am familiar with basic music
> theory, but everything I know about quarter tones arrow notation comes
> from the feature request. Finally, I am new to git, but with that I am
> getting along pretty well.

We are always happy to welcome a new developer to the community.

Thanks,

Carl


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