Re: Back in the Pond

[David Kastrup]

Alexander Kobel <address@hidden> writes:

> +1.  A personal wish: I think that \lyricsto ChoirStaff = "ctx" {
> ... } has the potential to be a killer feature w.r.t. usability for
> choir literature (especially combined with the upcoming automatic
> extenders). Unfortunately, assignment of lyrics to *container*
> contexts does not work (at least, not reliably), and extender
> generation is completely defunct.

Uh, I thought that people replaced extenders right now?

> I reported that in a thread from 2016-12-26 on bug-lilypond, but could
> not motivate any supporters yet.

The container context issue would want to be tackled by a melisma
translator (working both in Midi and PDF since we want the same results
there).  That work is unfinished and somewhat pervasive.  So it's a bit
unlikely for 2.20.

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David Kastrup