Re: Naming convention brainstorming

[Tim McNamara]

Iteration mode?




> On Jan 31, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> for quite some time now I've been using a concept that is very useful, but 
> finally I'd like to give it an authoritative name to be used in different 
> places.
> 
> I'm talking about the working, thinking and compiling mode when I'm working 
> on the _content_ of a score and not it's final visual appearance. This mode 
> is characterized for example by
> - not caring too much about layout
> - not caring too much about engraving quality
> - being interested in visual feedback about manual interventions
>  (e.g. coloring annotations or the result of custom functions)
> 
> Originally we talked about it as "draft mode" but this doesn't seem to hit 
> the spot. Nor do "devel mode" or "preview mode".
> 
> I would really like to find the right term now because I want to make that 
> kind of an authoritative term for a configuration option in a redesigned 
> openLilyLib and sort of a general library specification in that context. 
> There should be a common configuration option that library authors can (and 
> are encouraged to) respect in their functions. Say I have a library function 
> "\crossVoiceTie" that does all the work for me with a hidden voice etc. Then 
> this should highlight that tie or the hidden noteheads when that special mode 
> is active.
> This approach has proven extremely useful and I'd be happy to promote this as 
> a more general best-practice.
> 
> So what are your feelings about this mode of working *before* finishing an 
> engraving to publication quality?
> 
> Thanks for any opinions
> Urs
> 
> -- 
> Urs Liska
> www.openlilylib.org
> 
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