Re: inchord repeatTie

[Thomas Morley]

2017-10-21 13:43 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> on user it's complained that repeatTie is not printed in chord. Most recent:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2017-10/msg00290.html
>>
>> Because I don't know C++ I simply tested to copy all from
>> laissez-vibrer-tie-engraver.cc into repeat-tie-engraver.cc, renaming
>> all ofcourse.
>> I have a successful build.
>>
>> The example works:
>> {
>>     <
>>      c'\laissezVibrer
>>      e'
>>      g'^\repeatTie
>>     >
>> }
>>
>> Right now I wait for make check finishing.
>> Have to leave soon, results probably in the evening, though.
>>
>> Could it be that easy??
>
> Well, it's usually not all that much harder than that, but I'd expect a
> few spots to require changes in order to make up for more fundamental
> differences.  Note that the Rhythmic_event_iterator will check for stuff
> like { g'\repeatTie } whether there is an engraver listening before
> deciding whether to leave the event to the discretion of the likes of
> "New_fingering_engraver" and keep it on the g' or whether to strip it
> off and announce it separately to engravers.
>
> So there may be other side effects _outside_ of chords by adding such an
> engraver.
>
> --
> David Kastrup

Apart from merge-rests-engraver.ly regtest I've now a clean make check.
Though, in the light of your remarks I'll do some more tests before
even thinking of providing a patch...

Cheers,
  Harm