Re: Issue #768 - chord repetition shortcut: patch for review

[Mark Knoop]

At 13:25 on 13 Nov 2009, David Kastrup wrote:
> Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> >> Could it be an option to make <c e g>4*8 do the obvious thing?
> >> Or even { <c e g>4 }*8 ?
> >> That would be so much more natural.  The first already does
> >> something, but not something which I would call useful.
> >
> > I use it all the time, actually.
> >
> >> The second bombs out. In contrast, q feels rather hackish.
> >
> > Since the patch (as I understand it) ensures that q does not
> > duplicate anything except the notes, q allows for
> >
> >    <c e g>8-. q-^ q-. q-^
> >
> > etc., right? Obviously, this would *not* be possible with something
> > like
> >
> >    <c e g>4*8
> 
> OTOH, something like
> { <c e g>8-. <c e g>-^ }*2
> 
> is not doable with the q approach.

Why not?

\repeat unfold 2 { <c e g>8-. q-^ }

Please stop trying to overload the * operator.

-- 
Mark Knoop