Re: Polyphony confuses \change

[David Kastrup]

Jean Abou Samra <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi, 
>
>  Le 3 mars 2020 à 20:58, David Kastrup < address@hidden> a écrit : 
>
>  Well, the less reason for quibbling (which I myself tend to indulge in 
>  more than appropriate) ends up on our list and the less confusion ends 
>  up with our users, the friendlier LilyPond will appear to everyone. So 
>  if you have a good suggestion of how to improve that warning in a manner 
>  that would have increased the likelihood of you understanding just what 
>  the problem was, feel free to suggest a different wording, possibly 
>  depending on the situation (we don't need the same warning text for 
>  everything: we can special-case some cases). 
>
>  And rather than wasting unnecessary time with LilyPond (like you 
>  probably feel the current text made you do), you'll invest time for an 
>  actual improvement benefitting users that may see the same problem in 
>  future. 
>
>  All the best 
>
> Yes, I know. I would have suggested a different wording if I 
> had had a brilliant idea, but this was not the case. 
>
> Anyway, I hope the attached patch will help. 

Since you did not just send to the list but also sent a private copy to
my mail account, I am pretty sure that the patch never attached itself.
We've had various occurences of patches not making it through the list
server, but in this case, my personal copy arrived without going through
the list server, so you likely just forgot.  Happens.

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