> On 23 May 2015, at 23:19, Gianmaria Lari <gianmarial...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes! Thank you Peter (and Urs), I think now it's clear!!!! > > Lilypond use a "postfix" syntax. To apply a function 'f' to the note 'a' the > lilypond syntax is "a \f" and not viceversa. Because the open parenthese is > like a function (a function that marks the first item) it must be written as > for all the other function: after the note. > > Of course, everything is possible, and we could make the lilypond parser > more complex and use the other notation for the slur issue. But this has > been considered not important :) >
…and to be consistent, you’d also have to change the way a tilde is used to signify a tie, which current connects the note it follows to the note it precedes. Michael > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/slur-syntax-tp176928p176957.html > Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user