Re: [talk] easy tuplets

[Keith OHara]

On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:51:43 -0700, Francisco Vila <address@hidden> wrote:

> 2012/9/24 Janek Warchoł <address@hidden>:
> > Seriously though, i think this syntax would be very useful for
> > algorithmic composers and computer programs manipulating Lily code.
> > Another advantage is code readability and ease of copying it (shall i
> > elaborate?)
> >
> > Besides, it's not like we would loose any functionality: \times would
> > still be there.
>
> This convinces me. I'm for it.

I'll be against it.  I make typos of c3 or c5 when I want to type c4

Let the algorithmic composers write c4*4/5

Let the humans use \tuplet as proposed years ago,
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2006-12/msg00489.html>
and which is easy to implement (attached) now that David has added the 
infrastructure to write music-functions that take fractions, and optional 
arguments (although I'm not sure if the optional argument is wise in this case).

tuplet.ly
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