Reinhold Kainhofer <[email protected]> writes:
> Am Freitag, 30. April 2010 11:08:02 schrieb David Kastrup:
>> Reinhold Kainhofer <[email protected]> writes:
>> > Am Freitag, 30. April 2010 10:04:42 schrieb [email protected]:
>> >> { music expression } * 4
>> >> instead of
>> >> \repeat unfold 4 { music expression }
>> >
>> > I don't think this is a good idea with this syntax: How would you
>> > explain to a new user the difference between the following two:
>> >
>> > {c1}*4
>> > c1*4
>>
>> 1*4 is a duration, *4 is a repeat factor. If you want to have c1
>> repeated 4 times, write {c1}*4.
>
> We understand that, because we are programmers. But try to explain
> that to a musician, who hasnever written any program, so the concept
> of scoping via {...} completely escapes him/her... I'm sure as soon
> as this syntax is available, wewill be flooded with questions/bug
> reports, why c4*4 does only print the first of the four repeated
> quarter notes...
Sorry, but I think you are wrong. A musician will encounter
multiplicators most likely in the context of
{ R1*20 }
and that _is_ already strictly incompatible with the idea of a duration
modification since it _repeats_ the rest mark for every measure.
How many bug reports do you get about that?
--
David Kastrup
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