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Re: removing `--show-rules` option of `convert-ly`?
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: removing `--show-rules` option of `convert-ly`? |
Date: |
Sat, 04 Mar 2023 18:15:00 +0000 (UTC) |
> > who has ever used option `--show-rules` of `convert-ly`, except for
> > being curious what this option does?
> >
> > In https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1854 we are
> > discussing whether it would make sense to remove it.
>
> I've definitely used it a number of times over the years, [...]
>
> Regarding the discussion in the merge request, I don't see any
> reason to translate these messages. I wouldn't expect a lot of
> users who use the feature and don't know English sufficiently well
> to be able to decipher what it's about, especially since the
> Lilypond syntax itself is language independent.
I agree, thus suggesting the following:
* Remove translation marks (will soon push this to the above merge
request).
* Replace `--show-rules` with a more common `--verbose` option to show
rule descriptions while `convert-ly` is running. Right now,
`--show-rules` only emits the rules but doesn't do a conversion at
the same time, which is rather useless IMHO. Not sure whether my
Python abilities are good enough to implement this feature; anyway,
this will be a separate merge request.
Werner