Re: Shortcut for \repeat unfold

[Dan Eble]

> On Sep 24, 2021, at 19:32, Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
> 
> Other possibilities:
> 
> - "\rep n music", not as self-telling (and I think Lukas
>   only calls his shortcut \rep because redefining \repeat
>   is not syntactically valid);
> - "music * n", attractive but the difference between c1*5
>   and { c1 } * 5 would be confusing; also, for longer passages
>   one would rather state the number of repetitions from the
>   start than having to remember to put it at the end;
> - "\* n music", very short but doesn't read as nicely I think,
>   and I don't view repeats as special enough to warrant
>   this kind of syntax with many special characters.

> Thoughts?

28x { d a b fs | g d g a }

https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/937
— 
Dan