Re: [Patch] Fix #1365: convert-ly shouldn't remove Dynamics performergroup

[Trevor Daniels]

Graham Percival wrote Sunday, November 07, 2010 1:07 PM


> On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 12:50:20PM +0000, Graham Percival wrote:
> > The normal method would be for convert-ly to print a warning
> > message to the console.  Why is this Dynamics thing so different
> > from previous changes?
>
> Another option is to argue that in-file comments are much more
> noticeable than console warning messages, and thus _any_ change
> which we current display a NOT_SMART rule on the console should
> instead be placed inside the file as a comment.

I think this would be an improvement, but I don't think it's
essential.  The file will be left in an erroneous state so
the user will be forced into further investigation anyway,
and the usual LilyPond error messages will indicate what is
wrong.

Trevor