Re: search for better regtest comparison algorithm

[Hans Åberg]

> On 28 Jul 2024, at 16:26, Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>> Anyway, AFAICS, it doesn't provide what we need for LilyPond.
>> 
>> It seems hard to find what you are asking for, as most programs are
>> GUI oriented.
> 
> I'm quite sure that behind the scene, for all GUIs, a metric gets
> computed to decide whether there are differences at all.  We 'just'
> have to find one that fits our needs.

It looks like you want a different property than an average metric, so perhaps 
what you have can be modified to add that.