Graham Percival schrieb:
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 09:28:02AM +0200, Marc Hohl wrote:
Graham Percival schrieb:
Yes, this is planned. It's been on my list of discussions to
introduce when the website/build stuff is finished, for about two
months now.
Sorry to interrupt, but what's wrong with prefix notation?
Nothing necessarily, but a mixture of prefix and postfix is
confusing. I mean, consider this:
c8([\f\[ \dynamicUp d--\harmonic\cr)-\startTrillSpan \slurUp
e](\stopTrillSpan\] f\!)
I see. A mixture is not the best. Definitely.
Which notes does each element of notation affect? Granted, this
is a confusing example... but if we standardized on either postfix
or prefix notation, it would be simple. Everything from c8 to d
affects the C, everything from d to e affects the D, etc.
(shifted accordingly if we used prefix)
I mean, we code and read music from left to right, so
it seems nore natural to me to have the command changing
the behaviour of a note in front of it.
Well, -> changes the articulation of a note, \mf changes the
dynamics of the note... why should things like \harmonic or
\makeRed (if somebody invented one) come *before* the note, rather
than *after* it?
So, as \mf and -> are already postfix, it is reasonable to do so for the
rest,
with as little exceptions as possible.
Thanks.
Marc
Cheers,
- Graham
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