Paul Scott <waterho...@ultrasw.com> writes: > David, > > Thank you for all that you do!! > > On 5/3/20 5:40 AM, David Kastrup wrote: >> Paul Scott <waterho...@ultrasw.com> writes: >> >>> I installed 2.19.84 and I believe I just answered the first question >>> below: Apparently \compressFullBarRests has been deleted from Lily >>> and now we have \compressMMRests which has different functionality. >>> >>> I guessing convert-ly won't handle this and that any time I want to >>> redo any of my hundreds of pieces (not original compositions) I will >>> have to edit them for the new functionality of \compressMMRests. >> I have no idea why people "guess convert-ly won't handle this" and break >> into a rant rather than actually trying. > > I wasn't aware of the name change of \compressFullBarRests at that > point. I have no doubt about the ability of convert-ly to do a simple > name change. I was thinking convert-ly could do the structural change > I erroneously thought was necessary to solve wha I thought was my > problem.
convert-ly actually does some fairly involved things these days if one gives it a chance. > I wouldn't consider what I said to be a rant and didn't intend to > rant. "I guessing convert-ly won't handle this and that any time I want to redo any of my hundreds of pieces (not original compositions) I will have to edit them for the new functionality of \compressMMRests." Why stress that you are talking about hundreds of pieces here that you'll have to manually edit? >>> OTOH I may be able to get the old definition of \compressFullBarRests >>> and put in my several \include files. >> Or you could let convert-ly replace it with \compressEmptyMeasures. > > Which as you now know is what I did. (The new name is misleading but > I can live with that.) That is kind of you. -- David Kastrup
