On 11/13/09 5:27 AM, "David Kastrup" <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> Marc Hohl <m...@hohlart.de> writes:
>
>> David Kastrup schrieb:
>>> [...]
>>> But *4 is _logical_. You can guess what it does without looking it up
>>> in the manual.
>>>
>> No. Since it looks like a multiplication, it treats the number, not
>> the notes (at least for me). So < c e g>4*4 could be interpreted as
>> < c e g >16, which is not what we want.
>
> So you think one should prohibit R1*8 since people might confuse it with
> R8?
No, R1*8 already has a meaning. And it's not a repeat, it's a time
multiplier.
<c e g>4*4 is a <c e g> chord with 1/4 note heads/stem that takes up the
space (in timing) of a whole note <c e g> chord.
The way to get { <c e g>8-. <c e g>-^ } repeated is
\repeat unfold 2 { <c e g>8-. <c e g>-^ }
The suggestion to change from \repeat unfold n {music} to
{music}*n is an argument that should be delayed for the GLISS. Please bring
it back up then, if you still want to. But I don't think you'll have very
much support. As has been pointed out earlier, * is an operator that
operates on durations, not on repeat counts. And LilyPond is consistent
in that regard. The change you have requested is a fundamental change in
the meaning of an existing operator. That's a tough sell.
Thanks,
Carl
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