Re: LilyPond 2.7.18 released

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Erik Sandberg wrote:

> It seems to me that all brackets on a given nesting depth must be the same 
> kind of bracket. I.e., the following bracket configuration can't be done by a 
> single StaffGroup:
>
> \new StaffGroup <<
>   \new InnerStaffGroup <<
>     \new Staff c'1
>     \new Staff c'1
>   >>
>   \new Staff c'1
>   \new PianoStaff <<
>     \new Staff c'1
>     \new Staff c'1
>   >>
>
>
> I don't know how common this kind of notation is, but wouldn't it be more 
> generic to ditch the systemStartDelimiters property and give the delimiters 
> explicitly in the hierarchy? I.e., for the example in NEWS, something like 
> this:
>   \set StaffGroup.systemStartDelimiterHierarchy = #'(SystemStartSquare 
> (SystemStartBracket a (SystemStartSquare b)) c)
>
> (I don't have a particular need for this myself, I just want to bring up the 
> issue before backward compatibility becomes a problem)

YEs, you're right. I contemplated this before, but didn't do it out of 
a. lazyness, b. elegance.  If we go for this,  then a syntax like

  #(Square ((Bracket (x (Square y))
            c)

looks more logical to me.

Trevor?


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