Re: [Lilypond-auto] Issue 2717 in lilypond: Patch: Implement \hide as a shorthand for \tweak #'stencil ##f

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Comment #11 on issue 2717 by address@hidden: Patch: Implement \hide as a  
shorthand for \tweak #'stencil ##f
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2717

Well, I have to agree that the combination with \with is almost too good to  
be true, but it basically works best when there is nothing else in the  
context mod.  \once\hidden has the disadvantage of the connotation "but now  
revealed".  Also we have \hideNotes, \hideKeySignature,  
hideSplitTiedTabNotes, \hideStaffSwutch, and all of those are  
overrides/sets.  That's likely the strongest reason for not using \hide for  
a tweak.

Telling those apart is likely not going to be fun for the average user, but  
I think that the hide/hidden combo for override/tweak is likely a bit more  
consistent.  I don't think it makes sense to pick more different words for  
pretty much the same concept applied in a different way.

A probably more accurate term would be "invisible", but I can't think of a  
good pairing for it, and we already have "hide" in use for other overrides.