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Hi there,
I have just put up 1.9.4. For this release I have changed the chord
syntax: effectively, << >> and < > have been swapped. I would like to
hear your commments on this change.
* Chords are more often used than simultaneous music. Hence, using < >
for chords saves keystrokes. However, the benefit is not large,
since << and >> are rather easy to type.
* How does readability change? I have the impression that the old
syntax is more readable than the new one, i.e. that
bes'8 <<bes' f'>>[ <<f' as>> <<bes, f'>> <<f' as>> <<bes, f'>>] |
es,8 <<bes' es>>[ <<es g>> <<bes es>> <<es g>> <<bes es>>] |
<<g, g'>>2 r4 |
<<c c'>>2 r4 |
<<as as'>>2 r4 |
<<es es'>>2 r4 |
<<bes' bes'>>8 <<f'' bes>>[ <<bes d>> <<f bes>> <<bes d>> <<f bes>>] |
<<es,, es'>>8 <<es'' g bes>>[ <<g bes es>> <<es g bes>> <<g bes es>> <<es g
bes>>]
is better readable than
bes'8 <bes' f'>[ <f' as> <bes, f'> <f' as> <bes, f'>] |
es,8 <bes' es>[ <es g> <bes es> <es g> <bes es>] |
<g, g'>2 r4 |
<c c'>2 r4 |
<as as'>2 r4 |
<es es'>2 r4 |
<bes' bes'>8 <f'' bes>[ <bes d> <f bes> <bes d> <f bes>] |
<es,, es'>8 <es'' g bes>[ <g bes es> <es g bes> <g bes es> <es g bes>] |
My feeling is that << >> stands out better in the text, and that in
the < > version the chord-pitches do not appear to form groups.
Since readability is more important than efficient typing, my own
feeling is that this change might not be a good idea.
What is your opinion? Is this a good change or not?
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Han-Wen Nienhuys | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen
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