[JW Lua] Updating expression categories

[Robert Patterson]

Also, there are special tags for text font and music font that allow Finale
correctly to sync the expression if the category changes in the future.

On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 1:22 PM Robert Patterson <
robert at robertgpatterson.com> wrote:

> You have to rewrite the font info in the enigma string
> <http://jwmusic.nu/jwplugins/wiki/doku.php?id=jwlua:enigmastrings>. I
> think there are library functions to help with this. Look in enigma_string
> library. Somewhere in the repo there's an example of assigning an
> expressions to a category and syncing the font, but I don't remember where
> now.
>
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 10:47 AM Aaron Sherber <aaron at sherber.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> Thanks -- but update how? I've tried setting and unsetting
>> UseCategoryFonts, force setting the CategoryID, and using
>> exp.AssignToCategory(), but none of those seem to work.
>>
>> Aaron.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 11:11 AM Jan Angermüller <jan at angermueller.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Aaron,
>>>
>>> here is a very old mail from Jari. You need to update the expressions
>>> with an extra loop.
>>>
>>> Am 04.09.2014 um 18:29 schrieb Jari Williamsson:
>>>
>>> Some additional info: Expression defs are actually very weak linked with
>>> the categories in Finale (much more weak than the impression the UI gives).
>>> If you make changes to a category, you need to manually update all
>>> expression defs that connects that category.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 24.03.2023 um 14:06 schrieb Aaron Sherber:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> If I use FCCategoryDef to change the font of a category, it appears that
>>> existing expressions which are set to use the category font don't
>>> automatically pick up this change. If I go into the Expression Designer,
>>> the expressions still show using their old font. I need to uncheck and
>>> recheck "Use Category Fonts" in order to get each expression to update.
>>> Doing this in code (i.e., looping through FCTextExpressionDefs and setting
>>> UseCategoryFont to false and then true and saving) doesn't seem to work
>>> either.
>>>
>>> Is there some programmatic way to get expressions to recognize changes
>>> to their categories?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aaron.
>>>
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