Re: Issue 3918: Add \alternatingTimeSignatures (issue 97110045)

[David Kastrup]

Paul Morris <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote
>>> How about "\adorn"?
>> 
>> Less cute: \retouch.
>
> I like \retouch better than \adorn.  So far my favorites (for what it's
> worth) are \redraw, \substitute, and \replace, since I think they convey
> well what the user is doing, from the user's perspective.

"\redraw" implies overdrawing, and the others don't carry a "visual"
connotation.  True, neither does \omit.

Apart from "replace" being more likely to collide with other uses, the
order of arguments would favor substitute as its grammar can be

    substitute xxx for yyy

compared to

    replace xxx with yyy

and the usage would list the replacement first.  \retouch is not really
a two-object verb, so while it does describe the action nicely, its
usage is not as natural.

-- 
David Kastrup