Am Freitag, 30. April 2010 11:08:02 schrieb David Kastrup:
> Reinhold Kainhofer <reinh...@kainhofer.com> writes:
> > Am Freitag, 30. April 2010 10:04:42 schrieb lilyp...@googlecode.com:
> >> { 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...
Cheers,
Reinhold
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* Financial and Actuarial Mathematics, TU Wien, http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/
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* LilyPond music typesetting software, http://www.lilypond.org/
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