On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:00 AM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: >> I'm not sure about the validity of your conclusion. Writing tuplets >> is such a central element of inputting music that a special treatment >> is probably justified, even at the cost of hardwiring. > > We are talking about writing \tuplet 3:2 { ... } instead of \tuplet 3/2 > { ... } here. Whether tuplets are central or not, this single-character > difference is purely cosmetic, and it is well-known that > obsessive-compulsive cosmetic surgery is not exactly guaranteed to > maximize the obtained output of beauty.
Uh, it /sounds like/ you're suggesting that Werner has obsessive-compulsive disorder. I'm pretty sure that's you didn't mean this, but it might be worth clarifying. > In the end, LilyPond needs to fit together like a fugue; local > beautification without consideration of the whole is painting yourself > into corners that become increasingly harder to get out of again. +1 Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel