Re: Syntax

[Thomas Morley]

2018-07-05 22:29 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> please always reply to all, so that others stay informed or may drop
>> into the discussion.
>> cc-ing the list again.
>>
>> 2018-07-05 22:03 GMT+02:00 ********** <address@hidden>:
>>> Here (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/percussion-notes)
>>> there's written "highmidtom".
>>> Anyway, the different syntaxes make the program flexible, but they also
>>> confuse a user approaching it for the first time.
>>
>>>> please check what you've written before accusing the program ;)
>>
>> You're right, that's sort of a bug.
>>
>> Though, what should we change, code (drumpitch-init.ly) or docs?
>>
>> I'd say it would have been best to use "highmidtom" in the code right
>> from the start. Right now I don't see why it wasn't implemented in
>> this way.
>
> himidtom seems ok to me, it's a shortcut.  The alternative would be
> highmiddletom (which seems overdone).
>
>> Anyway, I suppose several users woked with "himidtom", changíng it
>> would require a convert-rule as well.
>> So I tend to change the docs.
>>
>> Opinions?
>
> See above.
>
> --
> David Kastrup

patch's up
https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5369/

Cheers,
  Harm