Hi all,
for quite some time now I've been using a concept that is very useful,
but finally I'd like to give it an authoritative name to be used in
different places.
I'm talking about the working, thinking and compiling mode when I'm
working on the _content_ of a score and not it's final visual
appearance. This mode is characterized for example by
- not caring too much about layout
- not caring too much about engraving quality
- being interested in visual feedback about manual interventions
(e.g. coloring annotations or the result of custom functions)
Originally we talked about it as "draft mode" but this doesn't seem to
hit the spot. Nor do "devel mode" or "preview mode".
I would really like to find the right term now because I want to make
that kind of an authoritative term for a configuration option in a
redesigned openLilyLib and sort of a general library specification in
that context. There should be a common configuration option that library
authors can (and are encouraged to) respect in their functions. Say I
have a library function "\crossVoiceTie" that does all the work for me
with a hidden voice etc. Then this should highlight that tie or the
hidden noteheads when that special mode is active.
This approach has proven extremely useful and I'd be happy to promote
this as a more general best-practice.
So what are your feelings about this mode of working *before* finishing
an engraving to publication quality?
Thanks for any opinions
Urs
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Urs Liska
www.openlilylib.org
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