Re: Provide \hide and \no functions for transparent and void glyphs (issue 6575048)

[David Kastrup]

Francisco Vila <address@hidden> writes:

> 2012/10/2  <address@hidden>:
>> No is used in several senses in English.  Here it serves as an article
>> (like German "kein") but it also an adverb ("nein").  I do not think
>> Latin languages have a single-word negative article.
>
> Spanish has «sin» ="without" , "with no"
>
> «sin alcohol» ="non-alcoholic"
> «sin un céntimo» ="penniless"
> «sin compromiso» ="uncompromised"
>
> BTW, \without has come to my mind as an idea for the thread.

a) it is totally unrelated to \with, so that would be confusing.  Just
consider

\new Voice \with { \without StringNumber } { ... }

b) it is incompatible with my reverse überbikeshed proposal since
   \un\without would be quite garish

-- 
David Kastrup