Re: R shorthand

[Urs Liska]

On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:38:10 -0400
Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Shane,
> 
> > one would think that might cause more difficult
> > programming necessitating the keeping tracking of various R values
> > through out the piece as defined by a time signature as opposed to us
> > setting the value, which probably would also slow down lilypond having
> > to parse and hang on to that extra undeclared information.
> 
> Possibly — that's exactly why I posted the question.
> 
> > But I do believe making sure the user is
> > forced to think out the value of R duration is probably more useful
> > than any minimal convenience, especially as Joram points out that
> > would make r and R functionality divergent.
> 
> r and R functionality is already divergent (e.g., placement) — so that's 
> hardly an additional concern at this point.
Actually Kieren's suggestion would cause this divergence to reflect more the 
traditional engraving practice.
Actually a full (multi) measure rest is just a symbol representing _one 
measure_, regardless of its actual length.

Urs

> 
> Best,
> Kieren.
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