Re: What is the problem with "\relative"? (Was: Do we really offer the future?)

[Federico Bruni]

2015-04-23 9:21 GMT+02:00 Martin Tarenskeen <address@hidden>:

I often use LilyPond to quickly enter a very simple tune or small pianosheet needing just a simple texteditor (Vim). I use \relative all the time. c g c e g is soo much faster and easier than c''' g'' c''' e''' g''' g'''.

And personally I find lilypond code in \relative mode easier to read.

I agree that for complex scores with much music in variables \relative mode can have annoying side-effects.

I agree: relative mode is much easier to enter.

If you structure your files in a way that causes relative mode to produce side-effects, you can still enter in relative mode and then convert in absolute mode when you've finished (Frescobaldi can do it).