On Sun, 26 Feb 2017, Wols Lists wrote: > The OP complained that when he asked for "C13" he got "C 9 13". Sounds > to me like now, if he asks for "C13" that's what he'll get, but if he > asks for "C13 (A13)" he's going to get "C 9 13 (A 9 13)". That's almost > worse!!!
What do you mean by "now"? That certainly doesn't describe current LilyPond, nor my proposal. I've said it clearly enough times already, but I'll say it again: I think there should be a feature to print what was typed, in the visual format of chord names, without interpreting it as music. No more or less. And this is proposed as a new feature, without deleting the existing features. Would it support transposition? No, but it wouldn't harm users who want to do transposition with the currently-existing features. Would it directly support MIDI, automatic fingering charts, or any other features that require LilyPond to interpret the input as music? No, because the point is to NOT interpret the input as music, only as stuff to be printed. But, again, it wouldn't harm users who want to use or extend the currently-existing features for those things. Would it stem the relentless stream of new users asking for help with chord names on this mailing list? Yes, if properly implemented and documented as a first-class feature and not a "poor cousin," because what those users really want is to have the chord names they typed, printed, and only that. But the clear consensus of the list seems to be that nothing suitable for the 99% use case can be allowed to exist if it isn't also all things to everyone, so I'll bow out of the discussion now. -- Matthew Skala msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca People before principles. http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/ _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user