RE: significance of whitespace [WAS: LilyPond, Finale and Sibelius]

[Nick Payne]

Why not use an empty pair of braces, which at the moment are just ignored by
the parser, to dignify chord repetition:

<c e g> <> gives <c e g> <c e g>

<c e g> 3<> gives <c e g> <c e g> <c e g> <c e g>

<c e g> c <> gives <c e g> c - ie <> ignored as now if preceding element is
not a chord

Can be typed pretty rapidly too: hold down right shift with your little
finger and <> fall under the index and middle fingers.

Nick