> Seems like I am starting the wrong popular revolution. I ask "Isn't > \relative f nice?" and people say "Sure, but let's call it \relative { } > instead, never mind that the name is taken."
> You are the second in a row, and if I understand "Basso Profundo" > correctly (he has not followed up yet), his particular problem would > have been non-existent with that default. > > Now I don't like having two different syntaxes for \relative, but I > guess Graham would kill me if I proposed just leaving \relative { ... } > in place with a new meaning. He'd have to learn absolute note names, > and every existing Lilypond source would become invalid or change its > meaning. no different syntaxes for anything, I agree. I wouldn't mind a new name. I tremendously like the idea to anchor a \relative block by writing the first used pitch in absolute instead of introducing an absolute before-first pitch used for nothing else. p (o Basso profondo ma non troppo) _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel