>>>>> "HWN" == Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
HWN> OK, here 's my second take, I realize that I was a little
HWN> confusing. Methinks that 8va braces are typesetting details,
HWN> sort of a weird clefs if you like, and should be handled as
HWN> such, so you enter the pitches like they should be played. In
HWN> other words, I would advocate syntax like
HWN> \spanrequest \start "8va" ... \spanrequest \stop "8va"
HWN> This makes it easy to filter out 8va's automatically, or use
HWN> separate voices to control typesetting details. A syntax like
HWN> \octavate +1 { a' }
HWN> would make it difficult to start a 8va brace halfway a triplet,
HWN> which I think is a reasonable thing to do.
I think it would be nice to have both of them. The first one would be
a typesetting command, whereas the second one would be just a helper
to avoid to many '.
--
Laurent Martelli
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