Re: Consistent vertical alignment of annotations, disable time signiture

[David Kastrup]

Robert Hickman <address@hidden> writes:

>> Trying to understand LilyPond syntax based on how it actually
>> processes input is not likely to make learning easy since a lot of
>> complicated mechanisms work behind the scenes in order to make things
>> look easy.
>
> In my general experience, systems which try to be cleaver and are not
> explicit about what they are doing tend to break in weird, unexpected
> ways. Complex abstractions always leak. It is also a constant burden
> on the user if they have to remember that some things are added
> implicitly.

It turns out I have some bits of specific experience with LilyPond and
its design and its users in addition to non-trivial amounts of general
experience to rely on.

It may save you some headaches to just trust me on that.

-- 
David Kastrup