The issue was that s1*0 can affect the default duration of the next note, while <> does not, but the solution of <> was tempered by opinions that <> is cryptic.
s1*0 is rarely used. The uses I find, in documentation and mutopiaproject, are to attach a post-fix notation to an object where it is inconvenient or impossible to postfix the notation. This patch fails to explain how <> solves the difficulty for with people have used s1*0. Instead, it demonstrates the considerable leeway to transform clear input to cryptic input, without changing the resulting output. http://codereview.appspot.com/6248080/diff/11001/Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely File Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely (right): http://codereview.appspot.com/6248080/diff/11001/Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely#newcode86 Documentation/notation/simultaneous.itely:86: duration but can still be useful for attaching articulations. The text implies that <> is useful for placing articulations where there are no notes, such as a delayed turn, \relative c'' \new Staff {g2. <>\turn a4} but <> is not useful here, since we need parallel spacer rests anyway, \relative c'' \new Staff<<{g2. a4} {s2 s2\turn}>> http://codereview.appspot.com/6248080/ _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
