Re: New breathing mark

[Carl Sorensen]

On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 10:00 AM <bug-lilypond-request@gnu.org> wrote:

From: samarutuk <samarutuk@aim.com>
> To: bug-lilypond <bug-lilypond@gnu.org>
> Cc:
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> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 10:10:35 +0100
> Subject: Breath mark style in LilyPond 2.23.80
> Dear all,
> when I tried version 2.23.80 for the first time yesterday, I was
> absolutely shocked to see the new, very mundane comma as a breath mark
> when rendering. I know that other notation programs also use the comma,
> but for me the more caesura-like character used before was always a
> reason to use Emmentaler/Feta, also and especially in MuseScore. The
> normal text style comma, with its delicate tadpole continuation, goes
> down much more easily in an opulent score with lyrics, staccato dots,
> and other expressive marks. It's a misstep aesthetically and for
> readability reasons, in my humble opinion. As a brass player, breath
> marks are very important and actually occur in large numbers, so this
> comma will really haunt me constantly.
> However, since I don't expect you to undo it, then I do ask that you
> still preserve the old style so that each Lilypondian can decide for
> themselves whether to use the snappy comma or the Emmental original
> breath mark (tm). If MuseScore (which I still use) adopts the modified
> font, I may add the old breath mark there as well.
> Sorry for the long text... and yes, I'm still shocked (and sticking with
> older versions for now).
> Kind regards
> Andreas
>
>
Andreas,

This was an intentional change, implemented in
https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1576

At least two developers prefer the new breath mark.

Perhaps you could request that the old mark be added back to Feta, and that
code allowing one to use the old mark be developed.

Since this was an intentional change, it's not a bug, so bug-lilypond is
not the best place to discuss it.  Either lilypond-user or lilypond-devel
would be a better place.

Sincerely,

Carl