Re: TextSpanner usability improvements (was Re: Scheme predicative types)

[Aaron Hill]

On 2020-09-19 12:31 am, Martín Rincón Botero wrote:
> [ . . . ]

I was going to comment on your reply in greater detail, but I realized 
it would not be terribly productive.  In short, you and I simply 
disagree on what is satisfactory for syntax.  And that is not a bad 
thing.  We just come to LilyPond from two different perspectives.  Folks 
like me will try to make the best of the existing system, and folks like 
you will contribute to improving its syntactic elegance.

That said, \with is a powerful construct that need not be relegated to 
just context modification.  Also, this Kool-Aid(tm) is really quite 
refreshing!


> Yes, the script I started writing and that you splendidly finished is
> a workaround, not a solution. I’m not a programmer, so the day I can
> actually make a pull request for issues like these might never come.
> It would be great if such spanners can be implemented!

It is good to have the "non-programmer" perspective.  Mind you, I would 
argue your use of LilyPond and interest in Scheme means you have already 
begun your journey as a programmer.  (:


-- Aaron Hill