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Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045)
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Paul Morris |
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Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045) |
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Thu, 22 May 2014 19:34:57 -0700 (PDT) |
David Kastrup wrote
> "\redraw" implies overdrawing, and the others don't carry a "visual"
> connotation. True, neither does \omit.
>
> Apart from "replace" being more likely to collide with other uses, the
> order of arguments would favor substitute as its grammar can be
>
> substitute xxx for yyy
>
> compared to
>
> replace xxx with yyy
>
> and the usage would list the replacement first. \retouch is not really
> a two-object verb, so while it does describe the action nicely, its
> usage is not as natural.
Good points on the advantages of \substitute over \replace. On \redraw and
\retouch I'd say that \redraw is actually a better description of the
action. Here are some definitions (from New Oxford American Dictionary):
retouch - improve or repair (a painting, a photograph, makeup, etc.) by
making slight additions or alterations.
redraw - draw or draw up again or differently: a judge forced Los Angeles to
redraw its districts | the diagram was redrawn.
So while retouch implies slight changes to what's already there (and remains
there, not removed or replaced), redraw conveys replacement by a new
version.
But as you said, neither of them are two-object verbs so the usage is not as
natural as with \substitute.
Cheers,
-Paul
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- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), (continued)
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), David Kastrup, 2014/05/25
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), Paul Morris, 2014/05/21
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), David Kastrup, 2014/05/21
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), David Kastrup, 2014/05/21
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), Paul Morris, 2014/05/22
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), David Kastrup, 2014/05/22
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045),
Paul Morris <=
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), David Kastrup, 2014/05/17
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), Thomas Morley, 2014/05/18
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), Paul Morris, 2014/05/24
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), David Kastrup, 2014/05/25
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), Paul Morris, 2014/05/25
- Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045), David Kastrup, 2014/05/17