Re: Issue 37 - new work

[David Kastrup]

Bernard Hurley <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 09:46:23AM +0100, Marc Hohl wrote:
>> What about something like
>> \draftModeOn / \draftModeOff ?
>>
>
> How about four named modes:
>
> "Screen" mode - Fastest but good enough for checking on screen. Useful
> if lily is being used as a composition tool.
> "Draft" mode - Not that beautiful but good enough to perform from.
> "Normal" mode (the default) - Allows tweaks etc. Adequate for most
> uses e.g. music homework.
> "Professional" mode - Slowest but adds all know adjustments. For times
> when presentation is important.
>
> It would probably be the case that only for music above a certain
> complexity would there be a difference between "Normal" and
> "Professional". I would anticipate that most people would just stick
> to the default and if that gives them the same result, or better, than
> the lilypond they know and love that would be OK.

While it is a rather established technique in user interface design to
assign blame to the user by giving him the choice between several
half-baked solutions, I prefer Lilypond to do good typesetting at a
speed commensurate to the problem space (typically linear programming,
so quite tractable).  Once we get to the frame of mind where exponential
complexity seems ok as long as one labels it "professional", Lilypond
will not be usable for professional work any more.

-- 
David Kastrup