Re: Issue 37 - new work

[Marc Hohl]

Am 29.01.2011 09:50, schrieb David Kastrup:
> Marc Hohl<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > If this is done similar to LaTeX packages where you can enable the
> > option "draft"
> > to speed up compiling, and if everything looks ok, you remove the draft and
> > that's it, then this would be not too confusing for users.
> draft Mode in LaTeX omits details but does not change the layout or
> pagebreaking.
The comparison between LaTeX and LilyPond was not meant to be 1:1, of 
course.
The point here was that IMHO most LaTeX users understand what "draft" means,
so it would not be too confusing to add certain levels of processing stages.

On the other hand, I agree with you that LilyPond should simply do the best
job without the need to fuzz around with optimization stages and whatnot.
Human engravers didn't have a "draft" mode either ;-)

Regards,

Marc