> To be serious: Do you see a necessity for a basic LilyPond command to > be an abbreviation of another? Just think of editors which are able > to complete a command with the tab key as soon as you type the first > few letters (Emacs, for example). In case of \time vs. \times, you > always have to add a final `s' or select between two choices.
OK, I use Visual Basic's IDE with auto-completion, so I'm familiar with what you're talking about. (Yes, I hate Microsoft, but I don't have much choice.) But I can see this boils down to broad cultural differences -- -- I touch type, so I could care less how "easy" something is to type: it's all easy (I use NotePad in Windows). -- 99% of my time is spent arranging (& re-arranging); the minuscule amount of time I spend creating a .ly file is negligible. -- I have skeleton .ly files; I load one of them into NotePad and make some minor changes in the boilerplate. Virtually everything I type is notes, not keywords. So we've got different needs. De gustibus... -- Tom _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
