Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-08 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
From: David Kastrup To: Dan Eble Cc: Kieren MacMillan , LilyPond Development Team Bcc: Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:03:04 +0200 Subject: Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name Dan Eble writes: >> On Jun 7, 2017, at 09:34, Kieren MacMillan >> wrote: >> >> As a f

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-08 Thread David Kastrup
Dan Eble writes: >> On Jun 7, 2017, at 09:34, Kieren MacMillan >> wrote: >> >> As a first step, I would offer that we should figure out how (if?) >> the "one" context can be funnelled seamlessly into the "shared" and >> "solo" contexts — as I see it, that's the main problem with lyrics >> getti

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Dan (et al.), > It is worth investigating the possibility of changing the part combiner from > an event router to a property setter. If that is feasible, Kieren’s concerns > about voice naming would still need to be addressed, but without the > complication of the extra voices that exist on

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Dan Eble
> On Jun 7, 2017, at 19:48, Carl Sorensen wrote: > > On 6/7/17 5:30 PM, "Kieren MacMillan" > wrote: > >>> Could it not leave the parts where they are (continuous parts in >>> exactly one voice context per part) and change their context properties >>> instead? >> >> Not sure I quite understand

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 6/7/17 5:30 PM, "Kieren MacMillan" wrote: >Hi Dan, > >> If we¹re going to ask that kind of question, let¹s mention a more >>radical redesign. > >I would be happy with a "radical redesign", if that's what it takes to >(a) solve some of the problems I face with partcombine on a daily basis, >or

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Dan, > If we’re going to ask that kind of question, let’s mention a more radical > redesign. I would be happy with a "radical redesign", if that's what it takes to (a) solve some of the problems I face with partcombine on a daily basis, or (b) establish a good base for future development/im

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Dan Eble
> On Jun 7, 2017, at 09:34, Kieren MacMillan > wrote: > > As a first step, I would offer that we should figure out how (if?) the "one" > context can be funnelled seamlessly into the "shared" and "solo" contexts — > as I see it, that's the main problem with lyrics getting disconnected (etc.).

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-07 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Dan, > The part combiner can also route events to “shared”, “solo”, and “null” > contexts. If you took the step you’re proposing, the next question would be > why can’t a person control those other names too? If there is going to be > user control, should it be more comprehensive? Absolut

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-06 Thread Dan Eble
On Jun 6, 2017, at 15:30, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > >> I guess what you are saying is that if the parts to be combined are each >> context-specced-music, use those contexts. > > Exactly. The part combiner can also route events to “shared”, “solo”, and “null” contexts. If you took the step yo

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-06 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Carl, Thanks for the quick response. > I guess what you are saying is that if the parts to be combined are each > context-specced-music, use those contexts. Exactly. > If they are not, use the default contexts. In that case, wouldn't parameterized (rather than internally hardcoded) names h

Re: [partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-06 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 6/6/17 12:45 PM, "lilypond-devel on behalf of Kieren MacMillan" wrote: >Hello all, > >I'm looking at make-directed-part-combine-music, and wondering why the >voice names are hard-coded ("one" and "two")Š > >It seems to me that if a Voice context passed to partcombine is already >named, that na

[partcombine] honouring Voice context name

2017-06-06 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello all, I'm looking at make-directed-part-combine-music, and wondering why the voice names are hard-coded ("one" and "two")… It seems to me that if a Voice context passed to partcombine is already named, that name should be honoured by partcombine. Only if the context is not already named s