Re: [PATCH] Optionally add text to metronome marks (i.e. allow \tempo "Allegro" 4=120)

[Neil Puttock]

2008/6/11 Reinhold Kainhofer <address@hidden>:

> How about \tempo "new text"? This does not change the tempoUnitDuration and
> tempoUnitCount

Sorry, I probably didn't make myself clear: I was thinking rather of
\tempo "new text" dur  = count, but with only the text visible, while
at the same time setting tempoUnitDuration/Count to preserve tempo
changes in MIDI.

> Actually, thinking a bit more: The tempo and tempoWithText should probably be
> merged (\tempo 4=120 should set an empty text, shouldn't it?). But I'm not so
> sure about tempoText, since that changes only the text, but not unit and
> duration... Or should \tempo "Textual representation" set the count to 0?

I think setting count to 0 would break MIDI output.

Regards,
Neil