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From: | Paul Scott |
Subject: | Re: \relative issue |
Date: | Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:22:19 -0700 |
User-agent: | Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060228) |
Werner LEMBERG wrote:
An octave above middle C is quite a reasonable outcome to me. (I never use the default for \relative; I always specify the starting pitch).I consider this unnatural. Additionally, it isn't documented in section `Relative octaves' that the default startpitch is c' (and not c).Actually isn't middle C (c') as logical as anything as default. What's special about the octave below middle C?Consider this: \relative c { c' } -> c' This is an identity relation, quite natural in the mathematical sense. On the other hand, we have \relative { c' } -> c'' which is surprising for me.
In light of this suprising you and the idea that relative means relative to something I might suggest that there be no default and that not specifying a starting point be an error.What sense does \relative if one doesn't say what it's relative to?Well, I haven't invented that syntax :-) I'm just wondering about a good default.
Paul
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