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Re: fixed vs relative


From: Urs Liska
Subject: Re: fixed vs relative
Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 22:30:54 +0200
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Am 9. Mai 2019 21:40:30 MESZ schrieb Gianmaria Lari <address@hidden>:
>On Thu, 9 May 2019 at 21:32, David Wright <address@hidden>
>wrote:
>
>> On Thu 09 May 2019 at 20:20:36 (+0200), David Kastrup wrote:
>> > Gianmaria Lari <address@hidden> writes:
>> >
>> > > I saw the discussion about fixed vs relative few times in the
>lilypond
>> ml.
>> > >
>> > > I think it's a lot about personal taste and habit and personally
>I
>> decided
>> > > to stick to fixed mainly because I find fixing mistakes in
>relative
>> mode is
>> > > much more annoying than writing in fixed way....
>> > >
>> > > But what if the editor would help a bit? What if you enter music
>in
>> > > relative mode (don't worrying to specify the octave) but your
>editor
>> would
>> > > propose the "correct" (nearest) octave to add?
>> > >
>> > > For example suppose your cursor is immediatly after
>> > >
>> > > b'
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > and then you type
>> > >
>> > > c
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > What if the editor proposes to autocomplete with '' ?
>> > >
>> > > This is just an idea.
>> >
>> > You know that Frescobaldi can convert absolute to relative and vice
>> versa?
>>
>> As can the   ly   standalone (derived from F~ possibly).
>>
>
>Sorry I don't understand.
>

He refers to the Python script 'ly'. This is indeed a standalone version. I've 
the code powering Frescobaldi's handling of LilyPond code.


>
>> But if you can coerce an editor into doing this trick, I would
>suggest
>> that absolute is a better target than fixed. Perhaps you meant that
>anyway.
>>
>
>What's the difference? I was thinking they were synonimus in lilypond
>talking.
>
>
>> However, there may be a downside. With relative, a wrong decision on
>> one note has a dramatic effect on the following music, but is easily
>> corrected with one tick. When this trick has been applied, many
>> notes may have to be individually tickled after the mistake is
>> discovered.
>>
>
>Maybe you're right. Or maybe the fact to see clearly what the editor
>propose you (for each note) make you very self conscious of what you
>write.
>
>Generally I appreciate the autocomplete feature even if I found it
>making
>my though less fluent (but maybe it's better :))
>g.
>
>
>
>
>
>> Cheers,
>> David.
>>



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