Hi Paolo,

On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 4:09 PM Paolo Prete <paolopr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ta
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 8:04 PM K. Blum <benbigno...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paolo, hi everyone,
>>
>> > Yeah, it works if I just replace add-grob-definition with:
>> >
>> > #(define (add-grob-definition grob-name grob-entry)
>> >    (set! all-grob-descriptions
>> >          (cons ((@@ (lily) completize-grob-entry)
>> >                 (cons grob-name grob-entry))
>> >                all-grob-descriptions)))
>> >
>> > That said, the snippet is _very_ useful, and certainly much easier to
>> > use than the lsr snippet. I strongly encourage the community to add it
>> > to the repository, because the trial and error method is inaccurate
>> > and time consuming.
>> > That said, is there an easy way to adapt it so that it draws a colored
>> > box (with transparency) instead of a rectangle with segments?
>>
>> if you read the further replies to the thread
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2015-01/msg00416.html
>> you will find that there was an attempt to combine David Nalesnik's
>> engraver with the colored boxes from snippet 1000:
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2015-01/msg00416.html
>>
>> I've applied your version of add-grob-definition from above to the
>> latest working state of our attempts and came up with boxer3b.ly, see
>> attached.
>>
>
> This is really great, thanks, I'm going to use it intensively!
> fortunately you read and responded to my message, otherwise this feature
> would have been swallowed up and obscured in the confusion of the mailing
> list archive (and I would have wasted days reinventing the wheel).
> After I've done more testing I'll post a new message proposing to remove
> the current snippet from the LSR and replace it with yours and David's
> implementation.
>

 What LilyPond version is the LSR currently running?  (I'm wondering if you
are able to use the revised add-grob-definition there.)

-David

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