Features you cannot find in the doco as working, should be mentioned here.
+
This is an assorted collection of stuff that will be done, might be
done, or is an idea that I want to think about
Most of the items are marked in the code as well, with full explanation.
-grep for TODO and ugh/ugr
+grep for TODO and ugh/ugr/urg
-0.2:
- * junk embedded mf
+BUGS:
+ * document new TeX/mf layout
+ * egcs-1.1 -O2 -finline-functions causes crash
- * ly2dvi seams to eat accents as in \'el\'egant
+ * formatting of input stuff.
- * libtoolize flowerlib
- * shared lib
+ * use real RTTI iso access_Stuff.
+
+ * \notes{ a \< b \cr } vs \notes{ a \< b \! }
+
+ * if possible, it might be nice for a warning to appear if someone does
+ \translator with no name and without assigning it to an
+ identifier.
+
+ * space after bars?
+
+ * [/3 c8 c16 c c c]/1
+
+ * fix singleStaffBracket
+
+ * repeat bars: need distance after ":|" and before "|:"
+
+ * The time signature warnings still remain, will be fixed later.
+
+ Summary of minor spelling irregularities:
+ - capitalization/use of underscores in property names
+
+ * fix Score.skipBars
+
+ * repeat bars: need distance after ":|" and before "|:"
+
+ * \shape 1st dim skipped?
+
+ * fix marks/barnumbers/marginal notes
+
+ * broken scripts:
+ lbheel = \script { "bheel" 0 0 -1 0 0 }
+ rbheel = \script { "bheel" 0 0 1 0 0 }
+ lbtoe = \script { "btoe" 0 0 -1 0 0 }
+ rbtoe = \script { "btoe" 0 0 1 0 0 }
+ lfheel = \script { "fheel" 0 0 -1 0 0 }
+ rfheel = \script { "fheel" 0 0 1 0 0 }
+ lftoe = \script { "ftoe" 0 0 -1 0 0 }
+ rftoe = \script { "ftoe" 0 0 1 0 0 }
+
+ and also
+
+ portato= \script { "portato" 0 -1 0 1 0 }
+
+ * Align_element::padding ?
+
+ * uniformise property names.
+
+ * ydirection <-> yDirection
+
+ * typo checks on property names?
+
+ * make engraver hacking robust.
+
+ * use streambufs and iostream
+ to provide IO handling for TeX stream, mudela stream, data-file.
+
+ * seriously buffer TeX output (do profile of writing .5 mb TeX file.)
+
+ * strip EXEs before installing
+
+ * zip target for binary windows dist (JBR)
+
+ * text continuations
+
+ * revise documentation
+
+ * abbrev -> tremolo
+
+ * junking \skip req in lyrics
+
+ * Language:
+ - \type -> \context ?
+ - \translator -> ?
+ - fix \partial
+ - \bla {} vs \bla ;
+ - mix engraver hacking with music ?
+ - \once\property KEY = VAL
+ - \addtranslator, \removetranslator
+ - junk ^ and _ for scripts
+ - junk _ for lyrics.
+ - abstract grammar.
+
+ * install TeX stuff into tex/generic directory.
+
+ * percussion note heads
+
+ * mi2mu empty staffs.
+
+ * include MIDI list
+
+ * make GNU style webpages.
+
+ * midi_instrument -> midiInstrument
+
+ * horizontal centering of dynamics
+
+ * \font\fontA=feta20.afm (.afm?)
+
+ * gzip RH manpage
+
+ * stable make/config stuff
+
+ * stemup/stemdown; see test/updown.fly
+ - check examples; add \type Staff hither and thether
- * bf: abbrevbeam?
+ * $DEPENDENCIES_OUTPUT support
- * add full coriolan to website.
+ * use a fake-yodl.sh to mimick yodl when yodl is not installed
+
+ * fix BUGs
+
+ * fix weird behaviour when .AFMs not found.
+
+ * Xdvi zooming ?!
+ gs: Error: /undefined in draw_beam
+ gs: Operand stack:
+
+ * run texhash after installing .tex
+
+ * fix vertical alignment and stafflines
+
+ * GrandStaff needs more work -- I want a single word
+ `harpsichord' to the left of the grandstaff, not one on each
+ stave. (Organ staff -- with separate pedal -- but common
+ properties may be something to think about. Of course for
+ organ you want to be able to give stop indications on the way
+ through, so the \property Voice.Instrument would be a stop,
+ and \property GrandStaff.instrument would be PipeOrgan...)
+
+ * make Tie_req a "command" { <c g> ~ <c g> }
+
+ * bib ep1988
+
+ * revise the Score_priority_align_engraver concept. It sucks.
+
+ * ly2xdvi, ly2ps
+
+ * make new VoiceOne, VoiceTwo, VoiceThree contexts with
+ydirection and hshift preset
+
+ * *.yo: fix pod manpage layout legacy
+
+ * text-items clash with stems/beams
+
+ * --include, -I option for ly2dvi (pass on to lily)
+
+ * fix placement of beam-less abbrev
+
+ * \meter 3/4;
+ <{\voiceone cis4. cis8 cis4 | cis4 cis cis | r1 }
+ {\voicetwo cis,4 r r | r2. | r1 }> |
+ }
+
+ * try to use template<Type> iso MACRO(Type)
+
+ - NEWS: ... Musical_pitch (analogous to Duration and Rhythmic_req)
+ think about, analogous to pitch:
+ * { a4 a16 } c <-- duration of c?
+ * <a4 b8> c <-- duration of c?
+
+ * \tempo 4. = 90;
+
+ * fix audio-items (don't use (input) requests, but copy data)
+
+ * junk My_lily_parser::abbrev_beam_type_i_
+
+ * make sure all ex's have a mudela-version
+
+ * do rest-collisions for Multi_measure_rests as well.
+
+ * split error/warning in error/warning/non_fatal_error
+
+ * add a Duration_convert member to Duration_iter to set parameters.
+ Junk global duration settings.
+
+ * deps for ly2dvi
+
+ * clean up abbrev/plet/beam/abbrevbeam/duration mess in parser.
+
+ * minimum length second part broken tie
+
+ * en-,discouraged linebreaking:
+ - handle DISALLOW < penalty > FORCE
+ - discourage breaking of slurs
+
+ * multibar rest
+ - symbol(s)
+
+ * fix variable define/lookup parser global<->paper
+
+ * fix title/instrument placements; see input/test/title.ly
+
+ * <\voiceone c4. \voicetwo c4>
+
+ * add full cello suites to web site (kom op, Maarten!)
+
+ * Rethink Time_description
+ * \cadenza , \meter, \grouping should all be \properties
+
+ * rename
+ - plet -> tuplet
+ - measure -> bar
+ - abbreviation-beam -> (measured/unmeasured) tremolo
+ - partial -> anacrouse
+
+ * shared lib
* robustify Beam (in case of no stems, 32nd notes)
- * check for groff / troff/ nroff et
+ * decentralised spring factory
- * latex quirk?
+ * move paper vars into engraver properties
- * use kpsepath to find all TeX dirs
- - configure.in
- - clean-fonts.sh
+ * check for groff / troff/ nroff et
- * mudela-convert.
+ * more intelligent file searching
+ - make LilyPond RPM fully relocatable
* nicen examples:
- - remove all \multi
- break-up heavily-nested score blocks
- * --metafont
-
* disable spaces in TeX stuff
* handle ^C for tmp/file creation.
- * WWW mirror/archive for the mailing lists.
-
* dots & rest collisions.
- * add a screenshot to the website. :)
-
* documentation
- introduction?
- info?
- LaTeX?
- more manpages?
- * naming Mozarella, Madeira, Muella?
-
* versioning for Feta
* the warning about the negative slur/tie length appears twice
* The `3' in the meter key is a one or two pixels too thin (at 600dpi)
in the middle:
+ * the bracket is ugly (wings are too parabolic, should be more circular)
+
* better hshift (dots, distance, head dependent)
- * stem len adjustable
+ * clefs (AG): The "8" should appear closer to the actual clef,
+ touching it.
+
+ * put errorlevel in Input class
+
+ * junk nesting slurs
-STUFF
- * clefs: The names I'd like are of the form
+ * integrate midi-elts from mi2mu and lily?
- [FGC]n{[_^]8} F, G or C clef, on nth line, subscripted
- or superscripted with an 8.
- So:
- G, G2, treble, (== current `violin') G clef on second line.
- F, F4, bass (== current `bass' ) F clef on fourth line
- G_8, G2_8 G clef on 2nd line, with 8 subscript
- G^8 G clef on 2nd line with 8 superscript
- C1, soprano (==current `soprano') C clef on first line.
- C2, (==current `mezzosoprano') C clef on second line
- C3, alto (==current `alto') C clef on third line
- C4, tenor (==current `tenor') C clef on fourth line
- C5 (==current `baritone') C clef on fifth line)
+ * cautionary accidental
+ * score-bar-scripts
+ FMR: Free memory read:
+ * This is occurring while in:
+ Bar_column::do_substitute_dependency(Score_element*,Score_element*) [bar
+ -column.cc:29]
+ Score_element::unlink() [score-elem.cc:383]
+ Paper_score::set_breaking(const Array<Column_x_positions>&) [p-score.cc:
+ 150]
+ Paper_score::calc_breaking() [p-score.cc:189]
+ Paper_score::process() [p-score.cc:203]
+ Score::run_translator(Music_output_def*) [score.cc:117]
+ * Reading 4 bytes from 0x65d3a0 in the heap.
+ * Address 0x65d3a0 is 160 bytes into a freed block at 0x65d300 of 208 bytes.
+ * This block was allocated from:
+ malloc [rtlib.o]
+ __builtin_new [libgcc.a]
+ Span_score_bar::clone()const [span-score-bar.hh:20]
+ Item::copy_breakable_items() [item.cc:69]
+ Item::do_breakable_col_processing() [item.cc:89]
+ Score_element::calcalute_dependencies(int,int,void(Score_element::*)()*)
+ [score-elem.cc:171]
+ * There have been 22 frees since this block was freed from:
+ free [rtlib.o]
+ __builtin_delete [libgcc.a]
+ Span_score_bar::~Span_score_bar() [span-score-bar.hh:18]
+ Paper_score::set_breaking(const Array<Column_x_positions>&) [p-score.cc:
+ 156]
+ Paper_score::calc_breaking() [p-score.cc:189]
+ Paper_score::process() [p-score.cc:203]
+ Postprocessing elements...
+ TeX output to score-bar-scripts.tex...
- * give Items/Spanners access to unbroken originals
+3RD PARTY BUGS:
- * scoping for properties
+ * redhat (v?) graphical install bomb-out?
- { c4
- \multi 2 < { \stemup .. } { \stemdown .. } >
- c2
- }
+ * GNU diff 2.7: diff -rN does not see a new directory with empty file
+
+ * GNU patch 2.1: <must find simple example> if patch chokes on a
+ hunk, or on allegedly unsorted hunks in a diff, it may stop
+ without a trace of failure (create .rej file, print error or
+ dump core) and just ignore any further diffs.
- this modifies \stem for the c2
+ * glibc 2.0:
+
+ f = fopen ("/dev/null", "r")
+ assert (feof (f))
+
+3RD PARTY PROJECTS:
+
+ * GNU indent: handle C++
+
+ * GNU patch
+ - 'double-fix' mode: ignore identical fix, rather than suggest
+ to revert patch direction when (more or less? exactly) the same
+ thing is fixed
+
+PROJECTS
+
+ * Scripts:
+ - fix position of bar number
+ - stack scripts in chords:
+ % fingering: footing:
+ < a-4 c-2 g-1 > < c-\ltoe e-\lheel >
+ - script-spacing
+ - slur parts as a script
+ - stack parameterised scripts for fingering and footing:
+
+ * convert-mudela:
+ - automatically add a \version if not present.
+ - better parsing
+ - make smarter
+ - convert-mudela -e empty.ly
+
+ * emacs mudela-mode
+ - should handle block comments too.
+ - handle lexer modes (\header, \melodic, \lyric) etc.
+ - indentation
+ - notenames?
+ - fontlock: \melodic \melodic
+
* use properties for:
- - Text_style
- - default_octave
- plet?
- - default_duration?
- - default abbreviation
- Staff_sym size
- default tempo.
- font size
- bartypes (get rid of derived Span_bar_engravers)
- cadenza mode?
- - MIDI instrument
- - staff title
* page handling:
- PS output
- optimal pagebreaking.
- * put errorlevel in Input class
-
- * AFM for font input?
-
-3RD PARTY BUGS:
- * tried egcs 1.0.2: failed on lily/stem.cc -> flower/include/interval.hh
- should narrow down and send bug report
-
- * xdvi: PS in magnifying glass.
-
- * Fix profiling. gprof bugreport?
-
-PROJECTS
-
- * Unicode support?
+ * Unicode support? -> man 7 unicode
- 16 bit Strings
- -u switch
- detect of 16/8 bit files
* \header
- output header info to MIDI too.
-
- * Makefile stuff:
- - shared lib on Solaris too.
-
- * Add mudela-output to Rosegarden.
-
* a musical dictionary. See Documentation/vocabulary-*, other
-languages:
+ languages:
+ - explanations
- italian
- german
- dutch
- MIDI output?
- typesetting
- * integrate midi-elts from mi2mu and lily?
-
* Debug logs:
- derive lily_stream, Dstream, texstream from ostream?
- indentable stream as baseclass for TeX stream, lily stream, Dstream.
* add to MIDI output:
- tempo change
+ - ornaments (and trills?)
- repeat
- slurs
- - dynamics etc.
+ - accents
+ - dynamics
+ - account for rhythmic position in measure
+ - etc.
* grace notes
- make separate class for Grace_*_engravers
* accidentals per Voice_group
- * Convert all ref/bib stuff into BibTeX.
-
* Output class, handles : (smallish)
- help text /(c) notice?
- version line
- text
- slur start/end
- * cautionary accidental
+ * PS
+ - speed up PS code.
+ - PS lines to .eps files
+ - write custom prolog
+
* Output an output format independent (ofi) typeset file; and
make ofi2 TeX, MusiXTex, Display PostScript, PostScript,
- Common Music Notation
- PostScript output (esp. Beams, Slurs, etc)
- Move all Score_elems, into libmutype.a
-
+ - SGML
+
* Documentation
- - Doc Mutopia (Music To The People)
- Doc (C) stuff of sheet music
- a better format? SGML? TeX? Info?
- a tutorial
- * TeX spanners , use texbeam.cc as an example (smallish)
+ * more spanners (smallish)
- Glissando
- trill
- use plet grouping
- separate visual from rhythmic info even more
- beams over bars
+ - endbeam req should be *after* the duration, so you can do
+ < { [c4] }
+ { c8. c16 } >
- * Redo fonts
- - adapt for multiple font sizes.
* lines:
- Ledger lines, should be separate item: Ledger_lines, Ledger_lines
* Keys:
- merge key{item} & localkey{item}?
- - do conventional keys (C G A, F B E, a e fis, d as des, etc ),
- besides lists of flats/sharps, possibly via declaration
- - key transposition.
- - key undo: \key bes; .. . \key; should print natural
- - special key: \key bes 'b bis';
+ - Major/Minor
- spacing, national styles?
* Support for TAB
* breaking:
- caching breakpoints
- saving them
- - penalties
- specify number of lines
- * Rhythmic staff.
-
- * multibar rests
-
* markers
-
INPUTLANGUAGE
* c4 4 4 4 for c4 c4 c4 c4?
* relative mode for pitch entering
- * bracket (bracketplets)
+ * bracket: volta 1,2
* configure pitch_byte
* rest name configurable
- * Raw request syntax
-
SMALLISH PROJECTS
+ * limit memory usage; the full coriolan takes up too much resources.
+
+ * fix confusing naming in Engraver vs Engraver_group_engraver (context)
+
* progress when creating MIDI elts.
* A range for context errors (eg. mark both { and }. )
* lyric in staff (sharpsharp in staff, text below)
+ * half sharps/flats
+
* write Dynamic_line (to group dynamics horizontally)
* use Real for all y positions.
- - use translate_axis( .. ,Y_AXIS)
+ - use translate_axis( .. ,Y_AXIS) iso separate variables.
* half-sharps, half-flats
* handle EOF graciously in error messages.
- * caching Item/spanner dimensions.
-
* centered whole rest
- * qtor, btor, mtor-> tor( QUIET_ver ), tor( DEBUG_ver ), etc.
- - use tors feature in lily (?)
-
* declare notenametab?
* midi esp.: use I32 iso int where 32 bits are needed (or assumed...)
* stafftypes: voice names/ instrument names.
- * TeX stuff:
- - Decent TeX titledefs (\tempo, \metron, etc. )
- - decent TeX page layout
-
* lily \tempo
* C meter iso 4/4, idem for alla breve, etc.
* textspanner: center position
- * Brackets
-
- * Scripts:
- - stack scripts in chords:
- % fingering: footing:
- < a-4 c-2 g-1 > < c-\ltoe e-\lheel >
- - script-spacing
- - slur parts as a script
- - stack parameterised scripts for fingering and footing:
-
- % toe to bheel four to five
+ * % toe to bheel four to five
% ^_u 4_5
% -
% --|x-- --|x--
IDEAS
+
* Output data structures of Mudela in XML/SGML.
* create libmudela, or liblily_frontend
* use an embedded language: Python, Scheme
for:
- Score_elems
- - Engraver
- Translators
- - Complex mudela?
* y -dims in internote? Staff-space? X-dimensions?
* caching breakpoints
- * #c <-> cis
-
* breath marks
* used fixedpoint arithmetic for min. energy.
- design meta-language like TeX and Metafont
- programming/macros input
- * Global type registration.
-
- My_class * p = create_object( My_class )
- Type t = get_type ( *p );
- if ( t <= get_type( q ))
- ..
-
* versioning stuff (cvt mudela, mudela, etc.)
- * a real convert-mudela
-
- * dots into separate item.
-
- * use String iso Text_def for lyrics.
-
* Klavarskribo?
* lyrics in chords still fuck up.
- * pushgroup/popgroup
-
* Use hooks/dependency graphs for properties
+