Re: Issue 566 in lilypond: showStaffSwitch -> \staffSwitchOn

[Hans Aberg]

On 27 Jan 2008, at 12:23, Graham Percival wrote:

> > And what about renaming \times to \tuplet? ;)
>
> I think that everybody agreed with it.  Some people wanted a weird
> \tuplet 3:4 { } syntax as well, but after discussion it was
> pointed out that this wouldn't work in scheme.
>
> Certainly everybody agreed that \times -> \tuplet was good.
> However... since this change _will_ change so many files, could
> you prepare a diff and/or push to your local git branch, then
> check on -devel for any last-minute objections?

Note the difference:
  \times 3/4 {...}
means a quadruplet, though in music, it would be more natural to write
  \tuplet 4/3 {...}
or
  \tuplet 4:3 {...}
(I think this may make a difference in some more complex situations,  
but I do not recall any immediate example.)

So, one possibility would be to keep \times for backwards  
compatibility, adding \tuplet with the numbers reversed.

Also, the "Harvard Concise" dictionary has an article "proportions",  
use in medieval times. Writing
  4
  3
like in a time signature, would have the same effect as quadruplets.

  Hans Åberg