Re: Why don't we get rid of \chordmode?

[Graham Percival]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:17:51AM -0600, Carl Sorensen wrote:
> 
> On 4/29/10 9:29 AM, "David Kastrup" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > It's nice, but a single mode where the full power of
> > voicing _and_ chords is available similarly convenient would be
> > preferable to me.  Making chordmode and musicmode less compatible by
> > extending them in disparate ways is just not good strategy.
> 
> I understood this proposal

I'm not understanding any of these proposals.  :)

> as one that would involve eliminating \chordmode,
> and replacing it with \chord #'() as part of a regular music stream.  That's
> what I was responding to.  If we're talking about keeping chordmode, with
> another syntax for note mode, I wouldn't be in favor of that.

If anything happens before GLISS -- and I'm not claiming that it
will -- then we *will* have a duplicate syntax for chords.

We're not making a major change like removing \chordmode until
after GLISS.  I'm willing to consider adding new commands (like
\chord), as long as it's understood that they might _also_ change
after GLISS (so the command might only exist for 6-18 months in
total).

Cheers,
- Graham