On Wed, 2021-09-01 at 15:11 +0200, Rene Brandenburger wrote:
> I use the \postscript a lot
Denemo uses postscript to generate a title page with a border.
Richard Shann
> when typesetting contemporary music e.g.
> like this:
>
> \version "2.20.0"
>
>
> wave_line = \markup {
> \with-dimensions #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 0)
> \postscript #"0.3 setlinewidth 1 setlinecap [0 1]
> 0 0 0 setrgbcolor 0.00 -3.50 moveto
> 0.23 -3.71 0.47 -3.93 1.00 -4.00 curveto
> 1.53 -4.07 2.36 -4.00 3.00 -3.50 curveto
> 3.64 -3.00 4.11 -2.07 4.50 -1.46 curveto
> 4.89 -0.84 5.22 -0.55 6.00 -0.80 curveto
> 6.78 -1.05 8.03 -1.83 9.00 -1.53 curveto
> 9.97 -1.23 10.66 0.15 11.50 0.50 curveto
> 12.34 0.85 13.32 0.17 14.00 -0.50 curveto
> 14.68 -1.17 15.05 -1.84 16.00 -2.50 curveto
> 16.95 -3.16 18.47 -3.82 20.00 -4.49 curveto
> stroke "
> }
>
> \relative c''{
> s1*5^\wave_line
> }
>
>
> regards
>
> René Brandenburger
>
>
> Am 31.08.2021 um 12:37 schrieb Kevin Barry:
> > These changes/improvements are exciting. Thank you and Knut for the
> > hard work!
> >
> > > > I would say that this step requires going to LilyPond 3.0,
> > > > along with
> > > > removing all the features and commands that cannot be
> > > > implemented in
> > > > the Cairo backend, or that we don't want to.
> > >
> > > We can discuss this in detail later, but I think a major version
> > > bump
> > > is not warranted, as we're leaving the music input intact.
> >
> > I would also have been inclined to say this suggests a major
> > version
> > bump. But if what you say is true - that input is completely
> > unchanged
> > - then it may not be necessary. Will the loss of the ps-command
> > affect
> > users?
> >
> > Kevin
> >
>
>
