Re: Deprecate \fermataMarkup for full-bar rests. (issue4672059)

[Xavier Scheuer]

On 7 August 2011 17:24,  <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Reviewers: ,
>
> Message:
> Hi,
>
> I've always been a bit annoyed by this, so I though it would be a nice
> enhancement to allow scripts to work on full-bar rests just like
> ordinary markup.
>
> The syntax constructor already makes a half-hearted attempt to add
> scripts, but fails in trying to set the 'text property, since it doesn't
> extract the useful information from an ArticulationEvent.  By accessing
> all-script-definitions, it now caters for all types of fermata without
> having to define them manually:
>
> {
>  R1\fermata
>  R1\longfermata
> }
>
> As an added bonus, \displayLilyMusic works properly with the above,
> whereas the original \fermataMarkup caused it to crash.

That would be a nice improvement in syntax simplification and better
accessibility to users (i.e. less problems and questioning messages).

Cheers,
Xavier

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Xavier Scheuer <address@hidden>