RE: New lyrics trick available in 2.9.6

[Carl D. Sorensen]

What about NoOutput?  The point of the DevNull context, as I understand
it, is to create the music (so it can be used for lyricsto), but have no
output, either in printing or MIDI.  I think NoOutput is more
descriptive than Trash or Garbage.

Carl Sorensen 

-----Original Message-----
From: Han-Wen Nienhuys [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 4:13 AM
To: Erik Sandberg
Cc: lily-devel
Subject: Re: New lyrics trick available in 2.9.6

Erik Sandberg schreef:
> I don't like NullContext (because no other context has "Context" in 
> its name). Perhaps something like Trash, Waste, Scratch or Garbage 
> would make even more sense for a user? You throw music into the 
> context, and from a lyricsto user's point of view, the music is not 
> discarded until the typesetting starts.
> 

Please keep discussion on the list.

One problem I see is that Trash is not evidently a context. Then again,
most users quite grasp what context is anyway, so I'm probably making up
problems that don't exist. "Trash" or "Garbage" sounds quite like hte
regular metaphor.


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