Re: [tablatures] \hideNotes in TabStaff

[Marc Hohl <marc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Trevor Daniels schrieb:
> [...]
> OK, here's a start, but I'd like Carl or someone more
> knowledgeable to confirm or amend this suggestion.  It
> would be quite a messy change, as mods to lots of
> engravers would be required.
>
> Define a new context property, say tabFullNotation,
> which is a Boolean set to #t if full tab notation is
> required and #f if not.  This would be set #f in the
> TabVoice context definition and set #t by the
> \tabFullNotation predefined command.
>
> Define a new context property, say hideNotes, which is
> a Boolean set to #f normally and to #t if notes are to
> be hidden.
>
> These two properties would be read by all the engravers
> creating note heads, stems, dots etc and used to determine
> what value the 'transparent property should have.
> For example, if hideNotes was #f the dots engraver
> would set the 'transparent property depending on the
> value of tabFullNotation.
>
> That said, I can see lots of other complications which
> would need to be carefully thought through.  This should
> not be undertaken lightly!
Trevor, thanks for your explanations. It seems to me that this would be
a more consistent approach to the whole tablature situation, because then,
everything can be \overridden and \reverted, but this is not a trivial
task, so let's see what the professionals say...

Marc
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