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Re: removing \markup "foo" from the NR
From: |
Graham Percival |
Subject: |
Re: removing \markup "foo" from the NR |
Date: |
Sun, 4 May 2008 23:14:21 -0700 |
On Sun, 4 May 2008 18:07:00 +0100
"Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> wrote:
> A quoted string is needed in \markup if you wish to print one of the
> following characters in your score:
>
> % \ { } #
Huh. I didn't realize that.
> Hardly useful. If this were the sum total of the need then I would
> be with Graham.
No; given this, we absolutely must include "". True, those
symbols rarely appear in old lyrics... but I can imagine somebody
writing "100%" or "#3". Especially in contemporary academic
music.
More to the point, we clearly shoudln't say "you can't add these
characters" (with {}) if you /can/ add them using the double-quote
method.
Valentin, I don't care if you like certain dangerous shorthands.
But I *do* care about explaining how to create notation with
lilypond. Remember that I know less about lilypond than you do.
If you can find a use for something that I suggest we should
remove, that wins the argument instantly. :)
Cheers,
- Graham