On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 7:44 AM Kieren MacMillan <
kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi Valentin,
>
> > Or, we just don’t bother and keep using (and recommending) # everywhere.
> > Thoughts?
>
> I use # everywhere I can, even where it’s not strictly necessary, in part
> because it visibly
On 2/21/19, David Kastrup wrote:
> baba = -.4
Indeed. That’s probably rare enough that we could get away with a
@knownissues in the right place(s), though…
Right now, the new ability to have #-less numbers (and strings,
although my recent patch changes that) isn’t documented anywhere but
the
Valentin Villenave writes:
> Greetings,
>
> Alongside issue #5473, I’ve started investigating whether numbers
> still require to be prefixed with #.
In music, something like -.4 has entirely different meaning than in
layout blocks. To wit:
baba = -.4
\void \displayScheme #baba
\layout {
Hi Valentin,
> Or, we just don’t bother and keep using (and recommending) # everywhere.
> Thoughts?
I use # everywhere I can, even where it’s not strictly necessary, in part
because it visibly sets arguments apart for easy parsing [by me].
Not sure if that’s useful input for you?
Best,
Greetings,
Alongside issue #5473, I’ve started investigating whether numbers
still require to be prefixed with #.
AFAICS, the only ones that still do are in markups and all markups
commands, but hardly anywhere else; which _could_ make LilyPond syntax
a tiny bit easier to grasp for new users…
Or
