Feature request: Extremely short repeat syntax.

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> 
> I would like to make a suggestion that all notes, rests, drums, etc. are
> typeset in lower case. In contrast, all reserved words would have at least
> one Capitalized letter. Unfortunately, only multi-measure rests do not
> follow the convention.

I think this is the wrong path to follow: I prefer it if both rests,
skips and mmrests are user-settable, like the note names.

> To solve this discrepancy, the following improvement would be needed to the
> LilyPond syntax: The use of an integer, and a fraction would mean different
> things:
> 
> '*2'  would mean that the syntax before is produced twice, and
> '*2/1'        would mean that the associated duration would be corrected by
>         multiplying with with the fraction 2/1.

I think this will be confusing, and doubt whether it will work, but
why don't you go ahead and try to write a YACC grammar for it?


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