From a6ea1c28f27aa28c8e63a9a314e8240568194f68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fred Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:37:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] lilypond-0.0.46.jcn1 --- Documentation/faq.pod | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/faq.pod b/Documentation/faq.pod index d63883106d..6fc58b2f26 100644 --- a/Documentation/faq.pod +++ b/Documentation/faq.pod @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ to make a few chords, but why do I have to type < { a() e } { c () g } > -in stead of +instead of <)e )g> -to generate slurs between the chords? +to generate slurs between the chords? -A: When you type +A L1: When you type @@ -40,57 +40,42 @@ formatting: > -Q: Why are [] around the notes, and () inbetween? +Q L2: Why are [] around the notes, and () inbetween? -A: [] designate beams, a note can only be in one beam at the same +A L2: [] designate beams, a note can only be in one beam at the same time. () is a slur, which connects notes. You need to be able to specify a()a()a +Q L3: Why shouldn't I put all commands (\clef, \meter) inside the music? -Q: I want a DOS/NT/W95 port. - -A0: Reconsider. Try Linux. It's fun! - -A1: Currently (patchlevel 27), LilyPond (and flowerLib) compiles, links -and runs on windhoos-nt, using the cygnus gnu port (release b17.1). -I (JCN) only had to make a minor workaround for missing library calls. -Have a look at http://www.cygnus.com/gnu-win32. To make LilyPond type -C. (I am not promising to maintain this platform, it is just -that when having to use doze, i-m sometimes too lazy to reboot.) - -A2: I haven't had time to find a GCC crosscompiler (I g++ and -libg++, mind you) to DOS/win (in rpm, please :). - - -Q: Why GPL? - -A: Yes. - -Q: Why shouldn't I put all commands (\clef, \meter) inside the music? - -A: You should do what you like, but at some time we will enable +A L3: You should do what you like, but at some time we will enable quoting of music ("Stichnoten"). Besides if you are going to type an orchestral score, then you'd probably want to enter most of the meter, repeat commands only once. +=head2 MISCELLANEOUS + +Q M1: Why GPL? -Q: Could you implement feature XXXX? It is really easy, just extend +A M1: Yes. + +Q M2: Could you implement feature XXXX? It is really easy, just extend the syntax to allow YYYY! -A: If it is reasonable, I'll add XXXX to the TODO list. In general +A M2: If it is reasonable, I'll add XXXX to the TODO list. In general finding a cute syntax (such as YYYY) isn't very hard. The complicated issue how to adapt the internals to do XXXX. The parser is really a simple front end to the complicated internals. -Q: Why do I need g++ >= 2.7? +Q M3: Why do I need g++ >= 2.7? -A: By using g++ LilyPond is portable to all platforms which support +A M3: By using g++ LilyPond is portable to all platforms which support g++ (there are quite a few). Not having to support other compilers -saves us a I of trouble. LilyPond & FlowerLib uses: +saves us a I of trouble. LilyPond and FlowerLib use: -=over 6 +=over 4 =item * builtin bool @@ -115,3 +100,55 @@ named return values =back +=head2 DOZE + +Q D1: I want a DOS/NT/W95 port. + +A D1.0: Reconsider. Try Linux. It's fun! + +A D1.1: Currently (patchlevel 27), LilyPond (and flowerLib) compiles, links +and runs on windhoos-nt, using the cygnus gnu port (release b17.1). +I (JCN) only had to make a minor workaround for missing library calls. +Have a look at http://www.cygnus.com/gnu-win32. To make LilyPond type +C. (I am not promising to maintain this platform, it is just +that when having to use doze, i-m sometimes too lazy to reboot.) + +A D1.2: I haven't had time to find a GCC crosscompiler (I g++ and +libg++, mind you) to DOS/win (in rpm, please :). + + +Q D2: I-m dozed enough to run the (sometimes bit stale) .exe-s you distribute. +Why do i need cygwin.dll? + +A D2: It-s all in this cut-n-paste: + +Minimalist GNU-Win32 Readme +version 0.1.3 +March 20, 1997 +Colin Peters + +[...] + +0.3 Fixes and Improvements + +[...] +In the "coming soon" category I have a version of the GNU Standard C++ +library ported to Mingw32. This means you can use iostreams, complex +numbers and all those neat STL (Standard Template Library) things +without needing the Cygwin DLL. I hope to put this port up for +downloading soon (along with the source of course). + +[...] + +3.2 C++ Support + +To add C++ Support to the above the following extra files are required: + +In C:\cygnus\H-i386-cygwin32\lib\gcc-lib\i386-cygwin32\cygnus-2.7.2- +961023: + cc1plus.exe + +Note that this does not include support for the standard C++ libraries +(only the C run time libraries) or for iostreams. That support is still +only available with the Cygwin32 API. + -- 2.39.5