Re: [GLISS] differentiating pre/post/neutral commands

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

> Chord repetition is a *central* part of piano music (and not only
> there).  It really deserves a proper syntax, and I'm glad that we have
> it now.

How come the pianists don't have it in the score then?

>> Editing shortcuts have a nice place in editors.
>
> `q' is certainly more than an editing shortcut.
>
>> q is one of those features that make LilyPond unfeasible as a
>> storage format for music.
>
> I believe exactly the opposite.

Uh, _storage_ format.  Not human-oriented shorthand.  The kind of thing
for which MusicXML is feasible.  I don't see how a
memorize-with-delay-only-proper-chords-in-original-relative-octave-and-strip-some-configurable-information
type command like q would facilitate better storage, which is what your
"exactly the opposite" would imply.

-- 
David Kastrup