Re: music functions: how to translate "user-durations" in ly:durations

[Nicolas Sceaux]

Michael Meixner <address@hidden> writes:

> Right now the input is in the format:
>       % dotted eigths:
>                       \squashDurations #8 #1 {...music...}
>
> I would prefer:
>       % dotted eigths:
>                       \squashDurations "8." {...music...}

Why not something like:

  \squashDurations s8. {...music...}

then you have the duration parsing for free: just get the duration
property from the skip event.

nicolas