Re: convert-ly rule

[David Kastrup]

"address@hidden" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm not too good at writing convert-ly rules.  Is there a model I can
> use for replacing a property with another?  Specifically, I'd like to
> write a patch changing:
>
> TupletBracket.staff-padding
>
> to:
>
> TupletBracket.bracket-staff-padding
>
> as one cannot currently use the side position interface callbacks on
> TupletBrackets because staff-padding in the tuplet-bracket-interface
> works differently than staff-padding in the side-position-interface.
>
> Lemme know if anyone has a good solution.  Otherwise I'll hack away...

Probably allow arbitrary space around the period, namely \s*\.\s* in the
middle.  If you want to support the old-style override/revert syntax,
things are much more complex: you'd probable be best off picking the
rule actually converting _into_ xxx.xxx syntax as a template.

However, I'd lean towards "it's your own fault if you did not convert,
even if the old behavior still works" stance regarding convert-ly in
this particular case.

-- 
David Kastrup