Re: RFC: \hideNote

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On Nov 1, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Adam Spiers wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Peekay Ex <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Adam Spiers
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Kieren MacMillan
>>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Ah, that makes sense.  I could do the rename, but is there some process
>>> for handling non-backwards-compatible changes in syntax?
>> 
>> Don't want to sound like a bore but all this (and other things you
>> will probably run into) is pretty well documented in our Contributor;s
>> Guide.
>> 
>> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/contributor/adding-or-modifying-features
> 
> Perfect thanks.  I'm pretty sure I've *never* seen a better documented
> F/OSS project.  The level of attention to detail is incredible,
> although as a newbie developer it's a double-edged sword - on the one
> hand it's comforting to know that most of my questions are already
> answered, but on the other it's a bit overwhelming feeling like I have
> to read a huge manual even before I produce my first patch :)
> 

Hey Adam,

Thank you very much for writing this - to create sustenuto notes in 
contemporary scores, I often use something like c1 \glissando \afterGrace { 
\hideNotes c \unHideNotes } a1.  The new \hideNote is far more convenient.

Cheers,
MS