On Thu, 22 May 2008 09:46:15 +0100
"Trevor Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Valentin Villenave wrote May 22, 2008 9:03 AM
> > "Markup expressions may also be enclosed in double quotes "...".
> > Such expressions are treated as text strings and may not contain
> > nested expressions or commands. Therefore, braces are generally
> > prefered to double quotes."
> >
> > Actually, it would be nice if we had a specific name for such
> > objects. Graham told me to find something but neither he or I could
> > come up with a smart solution.
It's not like I gave up; I just told you to find something and
that I couldn't come up with anything I liked within two minutes.
If we didn't have a name by the time NR 1.8 was ready for the
first draft, I'd explicitly ask -user for suggetsions.
> I think I'll use "text annotation" here, as I want the phrase to
> describe its purpose rather than its type. But this might not be a
> suitable term for the general case. Maybe the generic "text string"
> would be suitable, although "string" is computerese. How about
> "quoted text" as a general name for such objects?
IMO we should invent a term, and use it consistently throughout
the docs.
I'm just throwing out some terms in case one of them causes
somebody to think of something:
Atomic text? (denoting both single words and quoted text)
Strings? (bite the bullet: we can't avoid computerese
completely... although I admit that talking about "strings" to
musicians would be /very/ icky. I already have a hard enough time
describing my area of research)
Immutable text? (getting too complicated; we have a lot of ESL
readers. Besides, I'm not even certain the word makes sense
here.)
Failing all else, I suppose we /could/ use the terms "markup text"
and "quoted text". I mean, there are more uses for these terms
(whatever we end up calling them) than just c^\markup{foo} and
c-"foo". I'm thinking of things like
\set InstrumentName = #'"Bb clarinet"
vs.
\set InstrumentName = \markup{ B\flat clarinet }
I'm still not wild about "quoted text", though.
Cheers,
- Graham
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