Re: \fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Aaron Hill writes: > On 2021-03-18 5:24 am, David Kastrup wrote: >> So "a feature I would like \fixed to have" is more a function of >> persuading a significant majority that your interpretation of \fixed >> f'' >> is clearly the best for the sake of all users. > > I would hope I made a good init

Re: \fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-03-18 5:24 am, David Kastrup wrote: So "a feature I would like \fixed to have" is more a function of persuading a significant majority that your interpretation of \fixed f'' is clearly the best for the sake of all users. I would hope I made a good initial argument already. But to add

Re: \fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Aaron Hill writes: > A feature I would like \fixed to have is to honor the note name of the > pitch so that you change that root note as well as the default octave. > This would be helpful when entering music in scales other than C, as > it lets you think about octaves in the relevant key signatu

Re: \fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-03-18 1:55 am, Aaron Hill wrote: [...] We start the melody an octave higher than the reference, so it's octave indication is not ideal. *its [...] Otherwise, you'd have to say \fixed { c'' g, e, c } which is worse than just using absolute pitches. That should read: \fixed { c'' g, e

Re: \fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-03-18 1:05 am, Paul Scott wrote: Would it be reasonable to have \fixed optionally take it's starting point from its first pitch like \relative does? I jumped on this when this feature was added to \relative.  \fixed was the important reason I have now switched completely from \relative t

\fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread Paul Scott
Would it be reasonable to have \fixed optionally take it's starting point from its first pitch like \relative does?  I jumped on this when this feature was added to \relative.  \fixed was the important reason I have now switched completely from \relative to \absolute. Am I missing anything tha