Re: Double-underline markup

[David Wright]

On Sat 19 Oct 2019 at 14:22:35 (+1100), Andrew Bernard wrote:
> I have not seen anything get added to lilypond proper for a long time. I
> may be wrong, but it's immensely difficult to get changes to core it would
> seem. Fair enough too. That's why openlilylib exists.
> 
> But in fact, while I think this is neat code, I personally strongly
> disapprove of underlining, single or double, being a dreary minded
> classical typographer myself, and underlining is generally frowned upon
> anyway in fine printing (maybe music is not fine printing?) So I would not
> actually want to see this encouraged, even though I can see people have
> uses for it.

Well, … … … "It's something I - and others - wish lilypond could do,
and whether you agree with the practice or not, it's valid I believe
to want to be able to duplicate handwritten MSS where the composer
considers this important."

:)

Cheers,
David.