Re: Back in the Pond

[Alexander Kobel]

On 2017-01-20 10:46, David Kastrup wrote:
> Knut Petersen <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Hi everybody!
>>
>>>> +1.  A personal wish: I think that \lyricsto ChoirStaff = "ctx" {
>>>> ... } has the potential to be a killer feature w.r.t. usability for
>>>> choir literature (especially combined with the upcoming automatic
>>>> extenders). Unfortunately, assignment of lyrics to *container*
>>>> contexts does not work (at least, not reliably), and extender
>>>> generation is completely defunct.
>>> Uh, I thought that people replaced extenders right now?
>> Well, may I cite the notation manual:
>>
>>     "extender lines cannot be drawn when there is no associated voice."
>>
>> The autoextender patch only adds extenders at places where extenders
>> can be added without it.
> 
> That does not sound like we should remove __ from lyrics to me.

That already proved to be a source of endless misinterpretations, so be careful 
to complain... ;-)

Two-line summary:
1. (What used to be) __ is added *everywhere.*
2. *Processing (printing)* of LyricExtenders changed such that only the 
extenders you expect to appear are drawn by default.

Because of 1. it would be rather surprising if the need arises to add it 
manually ever again, and thus it should be safe to deprecate and ignore the 
token.
W.r.t. 2., I think all reasonable use cases are covered. If, however, you have 
any example of lyrics without associated voice, where extenders are required 
and working with the old __, please raise your voice now. I can't imagine that. 
(BTW, this has absolutely nothing to do with the \lyricsto ... = ... { ... } 
issue per se. It's just that both are a tremendous simplification for choral 
scores.)


Cheers,
Alexander