2013/8/15  <d...@gnu.org>:
> "Keith OHara" <k-ohara5...@oco.net> writes:
>
>> '!' also looks like a staccatissimo,
>> is a stop character so conceptually related to the '.' for staccato,
>> conflicts less with the use of ''' in pitches:
>>    e'4-! cs-! bf-! g-! e'-! cs-! \tuplet3/2{bf-> g-> e->}
>>    e'4-' cs-' bf-' g-' e'-' cs-' \tuplet3/2{bf-> g-> e->}
>> indicates an exclamation which "Hey!" is conceptually similar to a
>> staccatissimo,
>> is easier to type on key layouts that use ''' for accents (like mine,
>> US deadkeys on Windows).
>> ''' would look ridiculous when using octave checks: e'='-'
>
> Well, we can have eis'!='-! or even eis!=-! as well, but then
> octave-less octave checks always look like an oddity.  But forced
> accidentals are usually less frequent than octave marks.
>
> And I agree that in the non-contrived interlinear comparison above, the
> variant using ! is less of an overall distraction.

ok, i'm convinced.  And my question was of the "musing-kind" anyway.

Jaenk

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