Re: LSR-snippet 878: Customizing individual staff lines

[David Kastrup]

Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:

> 2013/5/27 Phil Holmes <address@hidden>:
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Morley"
>> <address@hidden>
>> To: "David Kastrup" <address@hidden>
>> Cc: <address@hidden>; "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 10:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: LSR-snippet 878: Customizing individual staff lines
>>
>>
>>> Phil, what do you mean?
>>
>> I don't know which comment you're asking about.
>
> Sorry, not being clear enough.
>
> The question is: What to do with the currently unapproved snippet:
> https://lsr.di.unimi.it/form.php?type=snippet;id=878;rld=m_snippet
>
> David had some serious concerns:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-05/msg00714.html
>
> The snippet-author didn't reply (perhaps not on this list)
>
> Should I approve this snippet and wait until it breaks?
> Or ...?
>
> -Harm
>
> (BTW, the same concerns could be said about
> http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=700
> Author: Neil Puttock)

Which is obviously the template that snippet 878 was created from.
Perhaps ask Neil about both?  The problem with "wait until it breaks",
as you can clearly see, is that snippets tend to _multiply_.  They beget
code in users' documents, they beget new snippets.

-- 
David Kastrup