Re: [proposal] easy triplets and tuplets - was [talk] easy tuplets

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On 10/05/2012 09:31 AM, Keith OHara wrote:
> It is easier to keep the order straight if you write a 5:4 tuplet
> as \tuplet 5/4 {}

Is there any reason why you couldn't write \tuplet 5:4 {} ... ?  Keeps exact 
match between musical and Lilypond syntax and avoids the potential mental block 
of having an identical but inverted notation for \tuplet and \times.

> We have to invert the tuplet indication when we use \scaleDurations 4/5 {}
> (such as to print tuplets without brackets) but the word 'Duration' helps
> us remember we are specifying the duration of notes, not number of notes.

Isn't this a case where you might want \tuplet* and \times* functions to put in 
place the same effect but with no number/ratio/bracket printed?  (The function 
name might need to be different -- I'm just using it here by analogy to LaTeX' 
\section and \section* commands to create titles with and without a number.)