Re: nopc -- Proposed Predefines

[James E. Bailey]

I don't know if this is really crowding the LilyPond namespace with a  
feature that as far as I know is in one tool attached to a specific  
editor. I mean, if that's the case, why have any editor features as  
predefined commands in the first place?

Am 14.07.2008 um 09:26 schrieb Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool):

> Yeah, it was very difficult. Exactly 3 clicks in LilyPondTool since  
> years. (LilyPond > Source editing > Toggle point-and-click)
>
> I don't think we should crowd the LilyPond command namespace with  
> editor features.
>
> Bert
>
> James E. Bailey wrote:
> > Am 14.07.2008 um 04:21 schrieb Carl Sorensen:
> >
> > > Mats Bengtsson <mats.bengtsson <at> ee.kth.se> writes:
> > >
> > > > James E. Bailey wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > in 3.1.3
> > > > > #(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #f)
> > > > >
> > > > > The last one is apparently deprecated.
> > > >
> > > > Why? The first two are only interesting if you have your own  
> > > > standard
> > > > include file with utility functions. I guess that most users will  
> > > > copy
> > > > paste the code from the manual or from some previous file and in  
> > > > that
> > > > case, the third option is easiest to use, since it's only a  
> > > > single line.
> > > > Considering the recent trend to add predefined commands to  
> > > > LilyPond, I'm
> > > > surprised that noone has proposed to add the \noPointAndClick  
> > > > function.
> > > > I prefer that one to the #(nopc) since it avoids the Scheme  
> > > > syntax for
> > > > the end user.
> > >
> > >
> > > OK, I'll bite.
> > >
> > > I propose some new predefined functions:
> > >
> > > \pointAndClickOn
> > >
> > > pointAndClickOn = #(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #t)
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > \pointAndClickOff
> > >
> > > pointAndClickOff = #(ly:set-option 'point-and-click #f)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If I get approval, I'll add them.
> > >
> > > Any votes?
> > >
> > > Carl
> >
> > I think it's brilliant, and I've always wondered why it was so  
> > difficult to turn the feature off.
> >
> >
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