Re: PATCH: Improved tablature support

[Marc Hohl]

Graham Percival schrieb:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 09:28:02AM +0200, Marc Hohl wrote:
>   
> > Graham Percival schrieb:
> >     
> > > Yes, this is planned.  It's been on my list of discussions to
> > > introduce when the website/build stuff is finished, for about two
> > > months now.
> > >       
> >   
> > Sorry to interrupt, but what's wrong with prefix notation?
> >     
>
> Nothing necessarily, but a mixture of prefix and postfix is
> confusing.  I mean, consider this:
>
> c8([\f\[ \dynamicUp d--\harmonic\cr)-\startTrillSpan \slurUp  
> e](\stopTrillSpan\] f\!)
>
>   
I see. A mixture is not the best. Definitely.
> Which notes does each element of notation affect?  Granted, this
> is a confusing example... but if we standardized on either postfix
> or prefix notation, it would be simple.  Everything from c8 to d
> affects the C, everything from d to e affects the D, etc.
> (shifted accordingly if we used prefix)
>
>
>   
> > I mean, we code and read music from left to right, so
> > it seems nore natural to me to have the command changing
> > the behaviour of a note in front of it.
> >     
>
> Well, -> changes the articulation of a note, \mf changes the
> dynamics of the note... why should things like \harmonic or
> \makeRed (if somebody invented one) come *before* the note, rather
> than *after* it?
>   
So, as \mf and -> are already postfix, it is reasonable to do so for the 
rest,
with as little exceptions as possible.

Thanks.

Marc

> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
>