Re: [bounty] improved whiteout

[SoundsFromSound]

dak wrote
> SoundsFromSound <

> soundsfromsound@

> > writes:
> 
>> Kieren MacMillan wrote
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> Here’s my semi-annual request-slash-U$25-bounty-offer for an improved
>>> whiteout function…
>>> (cf.
>>> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2013-10/msg00578.html>)
>>> 
>>> Could \whiteout (with settable #’thickness or #’margin parameter) please
>>> use the grob outline, rather than just putting a white box behind the
>>> grog?
>>
>> Have you gotten any feedback yet in previous requests as far as what the
>> main obstacle is in improving this function? Is it just time and energy,
>> or
>> an impractical, complete re-writing of code, or something like a mix of
>> issues? I ask because if someone is able to and willing to take a spin at
>> this, and it's not a crazy-hard task to do, then I would consider helping
>> out with a higher bounty. Anything I can do to help LilyPond get even
>> better
>> is something I'm quite serious about and would be happy to invest in. But
>> I
>> don't want to put too much on any one person's plate. :)
> 
> I think that this boils down to agreeing on sensible semantics and good
> interfaces to what's currently stuck as issue 3524
> <URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3524>.  If
> that
> reaches home plate in a sensible state, doing the shaped whiteout should
> be well within reach, the main problem being how to add padding.
> 
> The lion's share of the required work will likely _not_ be sailing under
> the banner of "whiteout".
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup
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Ah, that's what I was after. Thanks David!



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