Re: Make several special characters with or without backslash "non-special" (issue 12432043)

[Ian Hulin]

Hi David and Janek,
On 14/08/13 14:30, address@hidden wrote:
> On 2013/08/14 12:18:12, janek wrote:
>> 2013/8/14  <address@hidden>:
> 
>> would there be a technical problem to have /both/ -! and -' as 
>> shorthands for staccato?
> 
> Technical?  Not really except that we'd have to make a choice of 
> convert-ly rule.  But I don't think we help anybody by providing
> two shorthands for one particular articulation.
1+
> Anybody else with an opinion regarding -! or -' (and of course the
> corresponding _! ^! _' ^' too) as the shorthand for staccatissimo,
> replacing the previous -| (which would not work due to technical
> reasons).
> 
1+ for -'
  (' is visually mnemonic for notation staccatissimo,
   also
   ' is ergonomic on my keyboard -
     no Shift key involved, both keys on right-hand side of
     main keyboard)
Cheers,
Ian