Re: User comments on R shorthand

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 22:54 +0800, James Harkins wrote:
> I apologize for weighing in on the R shorthand thread by sending a new
> message. I read the digest and normally reply to messages by gmane.
> However, for some unknown reason, "R shorthand" seems to be missing
> entirely from gmane. It exists in the archives on lists.gnu.org.
> 
> My opinion (as a somewhat-more-than-casual Lilypond user, and as a
> contributor to another music software package [SuperCollider]): Any
> change in syntax that will break prior usage should be considered
> very, very carefully to be sure the gains are worth it.

Sorry I missed this before. If it's broke, fix it. It's broke.

http://www.openguitar.com/carcassi/index.html

See page 3, at the bottom, for two, three, and 
four measure rests. (I'm obliged to cite and give
credit for the scans.} How can these be implemented
without R2, R3, and R4? I submit that the
present lilypond implementation is broken
already. Sort of. Partly.

There should be no problem detecting the
measure lengths. The argument that R2 for a
measure rest of two beats is
not logical does not hold however, IMO. It could
be and probably was intended to
be read as "Instead of r2 put a measure
rest." A way of indicating the number of
measures rested by a number in the score
should of course remain, but R2, R3, and
R4 should be implemented as shown on page 3.
IMO.
 
Regards, daveA



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