Re: Issue 836 in lilypond: [in progress] output-suffix as a (Score) context property

[Ian Hulin]

Hi Vincent,

On 24/01/10 19:39, address@hidden wrote:
> Updates:
> Summary: [in progress] output-suffix as a (Score) context property
> Cc: Carl.D.Sorensen
> Labels: -Priority-Low Priority-Medium Patch
>
> Comment #3 on issue 836 by v.villenave: [in progress] output-suffix as a
> (Score) context property
> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=836
>
> Where are we with regard to this issue? I've been grepping through the
> git-log
> without finding anything related to Ian's work. I hope nothing has been
> lost/forgotten here.
In the end I had to resort to using new functions to do this rather than 
contexts, since contexts seem to reserved for the music translation 
process in Lilypond, and these properties refer to 'contexts' that 
reference an environment way before we're translating the text to grobs 
appearing on paper.

I'd started off assuming Lilypond was using objects and properties in a 
generalized OOPS way and we were setting properties regarding the 
compilation unit, hence my questions about book blocks and contexts.

If anyone thinks it would be more consistent an a worthwhile use of my 
time to have these things done as

\score {
output-suffix = "movI"
.
.
.
}
or
\score {
output-file = "MyGrandOpus"
.
.
.
}

I'm willing to continue working on this.

Maybe this is the kind of discussion for GLISS?

Cheers,

Ian