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

[Keith OHara]

On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 02:33:55 -0700, <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 2013/08/15 09:22:12, Ian Hulin wrote:
>
> > 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)

> Sigh.  What do people think countdowns are for?

You can't please everyone.  Don't worry about it.

'!' also looks like a staccatissimo,
is a stop character so conceptually related to the '.' for staccato,
conflicts less with the use of ''' in pitches:
  e'4-! cs-! bf-! g-! e'-! cs-! \tuplet3/2{bf-> g-> e->}
  e'4-' cs-' bf-' g-' e'-' cs-' \tuplet3/2{bf-> g-> e->}
indicates an exclamation which "Hey!" is conceptually similar to a 
staccatissimo,
is easier to type on key layouts that use ''' for accents (like mine, US 
deadkeys on Windows).

''' would look ridiculous when using octave checks: e'='-'