On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 8:04 AM Pierre-Luc Gauthier <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Rambling here :
>
> So, I *love* the simplicity and elegance of the \after command and I
> am using it pretty much everywhere.
>
> {
> <>(
> <>\<
> \after 2 \>
> \after 16*15 )
> \after 16*15 \!
> \repeat unfold 8 {e''16 d''} |
> }
>
> and since then I often end up doing head math to figure out what I
> must add to \after for it to end up e.g. an 8th *before* the end of
> the expression. In the above example it is quite easy :
> a 16th before the end is... 16*#(- 16 1).
>
> So what about a \beforeLast command that would do sort of the \after
> job but starting from the end of the expression rather from the start
> ?
> e.g. :
> \beforeLast 16 \!
>
Perhaps I'm not getting the need for this command as you could using an
empty chord at the end of the repeat to do the same thing:
{
<>(\<
\after 2 \>
\repeat unfold 8 {e''16 d''} <>)\!|
}
Maybe there are other situations where \beforeLast would be useful?
--
Knute Snortum
