Re: Remove thin-kern property. (issue 105560044 by address@hidden)

[thomasmorley65]

On 2014/07/07 07:25:15, marc wrote:
> On 2014/07/07 01:31:01, Mark Polesky wrote:
> > On 2014/07/06 11:52:56, thomasmorley651 wrote:
> > > I disagree!
> > > 'kern and 'thin-kern _are_ used differently.

> But *do* we need two different variables which then are used with
exactly the
> same value?
> Do we need the option to change the distance of the segno double bar
line?

I'd say yes.
I'm always against loosing functionality, and deleting 'thin-kern would
limit the tweaking-possibilities.

> IIRC, this is a leftover from the bar line reorganisation work, the
double
> bar line "||" was formerly spaced with 'thin-kern as well, but as we
> implemented the stacking algorithm for bar lines, all constituents are
now
> spaced with 'kern.

Yep

> I'd remove 'thin-kern entirely. In case someone wants to modify the
appearance
> of the segno symbol, he can use a multiplier and create his own
stencil easily.

It's very easy to create custom-bar-lines nowadays -- for us!
Though, I doubt the average user has the scheme-knowledge to do so.

In the NR we don't explain how to code new barline-procedures like
`make-segno-bar-line' (only the hint to look into bar-line.scm) and
afaik nowhere else.
There's a regtest doing so, but we don't expect users to look there.

Until we can come up with an interface to create new barline-procedures,
which is much easier for the average user (although I've no clue right
now, how it should look), we should keep all tweaking/overriding
possibilities, imho.

https://codereview.appspot.com/105560044/