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Re: removing `--show-rules` option of `convert-ly`?
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: removing `--show-rules` option of `convert-ly`? |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:05:55 +0000 (UTC) |
> > * Replace `--show-rules` with a more common `--verbose` option to
> > show rule descriptions while `convert-ly` is running. Right
> > now, `--show-rules` only emits the rules but doesn't do a
> > conversion at the same time, which is rather useless IMHO. Not
> > sure whether my Python abilities are good enough to implement
> > this feature; anyway, this will be a separate merge request.
>
> I don't fully agree with your second item. In the use cases I
> described, I have used "convert-ly -s" without any input file, to
> see the list of changes, so please keep a possibility to easily list
> the rules without an input file.
Please have a look at
https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1860; I've added
a new option `--verbose` to `convert-ly`, not removing `--show-rules`.
Werner