Re: hideNotes in tablature

[James]

Federico,

On 14 April 2012 10:57, Federico Bruni <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I started using version 2.13.56 and I realized that this bug seems fixed:
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1459
>
> As hideNotes/unHideNotes work fine in TabStaff now, I'm thinking that it
> would be nice to add a TabNoteHead override/revert in their definitions in
> property-init.ly
>
> Two years ago Marc expressed some concern about including TabNoteHead inside
> hideNotes/unHideNotes, because unHideNotes reverts the transparency of
> objects (such as stems and dots) that shouldn't be displayed in TabStaff:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2010-01/msg00634.html
>
> I've made some tests and I think that there's no reason for such a concern.
> Everything looks fine to me (see the attached snippet).
> Sure, I'm missing something :)
>
> I believe that we don't need a specific command for hiding TabNoteHead.
> I always use Staff and TabStaff: both should display (or hide) the same
> music, I can't imagine a situation where I'd like to hide a note in Staff
> and not in TabStaff.
>
> What do you think about it?

I think 'user' isn't the email list you really need to send this to
but dev. Also I see have already updated the Tracker.

James