Re: Back in the Pond

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Alexander Kobel <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> +1.  A personal wish: I think that \lyricsto ChoirStaff = "ctx" {
>> ... } has the potential to be a killer feature w.r.t. usability for
>> choir literature (especially combined with the upcoming automatic
>> extenders). Unfortunately, assignment of lyrics to *container*
>> contexts does not work (at least, not reliably), and extender
>> generation is completely defunct.
>
> Uh, I thought that people replaced extenders right now?
>
>> I reported that in a thread from 2016-12-26 on bug-lilypond, but could
>> not motivate any supporters yet.
>
> The container context issue would want to be tackled by a melisma
> translator (working both in Midi and PDF since we want the same results
> there).  That work is unfinished and somewhat pervasive.  So it's a bit
> unlikely for 2.20.

I have to grudgingly admit though that picking up the pieces of the
melisma translator would be rather more appropriate for 2.20 (as it
wraps up half-finished functionality already in LilyPond) than working
on arbitrary-precision support.

Well, I'll have to take another look to see what got me stuck last time
around.

-- 
David Kastrup