On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 22:54 +0800, James Harkins wrote: > I apologize for weighing in on the R shorthand thread by sending a new > message. I read the digest and normally reply to messages by gmane. > However, for some unknown reason, "R shorthand" seems to be missing > entirely from gmane. It exists in the archives on lists.gnu.org. > > My opinion (as a somewhat-more-than-casual Lilypond user, and as a > contributor to another music software package [SuperCollider]): Any > change in syntax that will break prior usage should be considered > very, very carefully to be sure the gains are worth it.
Sorry I missed this before. If it's broke, fix it. It's broke. http://www.openguitar.com/carcassi/index.html See page 3, at the bottom, for two, three, and four measure rests. (I'm obliged to cite and give credit for the scans.} How can these be implemented without R2, R3, and R4? I submit that the present lilypond implementation is broken already. Sort of. Partly. There should be no problem detecting the measure lengths. The argument that R2 for a measure rest of two beats is not logical does not hold however, IMO. It could be and probably was intended to be read as "Instead of r2 put a measure rest." A way of indicating the number of measures rested by a number in the score should of course remain, but R2, R3, and R4 should be implemented as shown on page 3. IMO. Regards, daveA -- Guitar teaching materials and original music for all styles and levels. Site: http://www.openguitar.com (()) eMail: d.raleigh.arn...@gmail.com Contact: http://www.openguitar.com/contact.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user