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

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> That said, now some thoughts ontopic:
>> In most cases I'm quite fine with the current lily-syntax concerning
>> the pre/post-commands.
>> But there are cases I'd wish to be more consequent.
>>
>> Example:
>> <c-1\2\rightHandFinger #2  g>
>> Sometimes backslash, sometimes dash!
>
> Dash is required for single-character shorthands like -. -- -^ -_ -3 and
> similar.  It is also required when a _music_ function returning an
> articulation follows (like \tweak ... -.).  It is not required when an
> event function or a variable containing an articulation follows.  You
> _can_ always add it.
>
>> Well,
>> <c-1\2-\rightHandFinger #2  g'>1
>> works, too.
>>
>> But
>> <c-1-\2-\rightHandFinger #2  g'>1
>> not.
>
> Why wouldn't it? [trying it out] Pfffffft.  You are right.  I consider
> this a bug worth fixing.

Issue 2808 <URL:http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2808>

I expect this patch to go through uncontested.  Should be even suitable
for 2.16.1.

Any more zero-day blunders?

-- 
David Kastrup