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

[Ian Hulin]

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Hi Keith
On 15/08/13 18:18, Keith OHara wrote:
> 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'='-'
> 
> 
OK.  I'm convinced, 1+ for the -! staccatissimo.

Cheers,
Ian
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