Re: Add tab-tie-follow-engraver (issue2723043)

[n . puttock]

On 2010/10/31 22:40:57, Carl wrote:

> This is going away, so it won't apply to this patch (because we don't
need to
> acknowledge glissandos).  But if we did, and we added a
glissando-interface,
> then instead of Tab_tie_follow_engraver::acknowledge_line_spanner
wouldn't we
> just use
> Tab_tie_follow_engraver::acknowledge_glissando?

Yes.

> But it would seem strange to me to add an interface with no properties
that can
> be set,
> which is what I think I'd be doing if I added a glissando_interface.
Any
> comment on this thought?

If you look in define-grob-interfaces.scm, you'll see several interfaces
with no properties: most of them exist just to allow engravers to
distinguish between grobs which would normally be lumped together (e.g.,
acknowledging line-spanner-interface, when you really want something
more specific).

Cheers,
Neil

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