Re: Naming question: \function

2020-07-09 Thread Urs Liska
Hi Lukas, Am Donnerstag, den 09.07.2020, 13:55 +0200 schrieb Lukas-Fabian Moser: > Hi Urs, > > > > I have the impression I have no choice but to follow Carl's > > suggestion and add a clarifying adjective, although that > > makes > > for quite "expansive" user

Re: Naming question: \function

2020-07-09 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
Hi Urs, I have the impression I have no choice but to follow Carl's suggestion and add a clarifying adjective, although that makes for  quite "expansive" user interface. E.g. \harmonicFunction might be the best bet so far. I agree. In Malte Meyn's original package he included helper functions

Re: Naming question: \function

2020-07-09 Thread Urs Liska
Hi Lukas, Am Donnerstag, den 09.07.2020, 10:08 +0200 schrieb Lukas-Fabian Moser: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But seriously, do you have a suggestion what to do > > > when the > > > "item" the > > > > > >

Re: Naming question: \function

2020-07-09 Thread Lukas-Fabian Moser
But seriously, do you have a suggestion what to do when the "item" the command is referencing *is* a function? Another good synonym for "function", especially if you passing it as an argument, is "callback" I think there's a misunderstanding here that is worth pointing out. The

Re: Naming question: \function

2020-07-08 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
> > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Carl Sorensen > To: Urs Liska > Cc: "lilypond-user@gnu.org" > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 09:35:50 -0600 > Subject: Re: Naming question: \function > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 11:48 PM Urs

Re: Naming question: \function

2020-07-08 Thread Flaming Hakama by Elaine
> > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Urs Liska > To: Andrew Bernard , lilypond-user@gnu.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 17:04:57 +0200 > Subject: Re: Naming question: \function > Hi Andrew, > > Am Donnerstag, den 09.07.2020, 00:04 +1000 s

Re: Naming question: \function

2020-07-08 Thread Carl Sorensen
On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 11:48 PM Urs Liska wrote: > Hi all, > > I've started working on a package for displaying harmonic analysis > symbols. In the submodule for functional analysis I have (using the > original code of Malte Meyn) the main command \function, which gives > very obvious code like

Re: Naming question: \function

2020-07-08 Thread Urs Liska
Hi Andrew, Am Donnerstag, den 09.07.2020, 00:04 +1000 schrieb Andrew Bernard: > Hi Urs, > > Function is such a significant and overloaded word in programming. > Even > if not a keyword, this is a terrible name for, dare I say it, a > function > or a command. ... which is exactly why I raised

Re: Naming question: \function

2020-07-08 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Urs, Function is such a significant and overloaded word in programming. Even if not a keyword, this is a terrible name for, dare I say it, a function or a command. Andrew

Naming question: \function

2020-07-07 Thread Urs Liska
Hi all, I've started working on a package for displaying harmonic analysis symbols. In the submodule for functional analysis I have (using the original code of Malte Meyn) the main command \function, which gives very obvious code like \function (D_3-7)=> (for an intermediate dominant seventh