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On 2015-01-31 06:41 PM, Urs Liska
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
Content mode as opposed to presentation mode?
Cheers,
Colin
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