Re: Possible feature request for 'q' shorthand or tie syntax

[Graham Percival]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 11:56:02PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> Jim Long <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Please educate me if there is already a way to do this, but it
> > appears that 'q' as a shorthand for the repetition of the
> > previous note(s) only works for chords.  It would be handy if it
> > worked for single notes also, specifically in ties.
> 
> A single note name is not that much longer to type than q.  If it is
> really important to you, place the single note in a chord:
> <des> is perfectly repeatable by q.

What would we lose if every note was automatically a (single-note)
chord?

- Graham