Re: Constructive Criticism and a Question

[Mats Bengtsson]

Quoting address@hidden:

> On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
>
> > the other, perhaps more valid reason, is that \tuplet more closely matches
> > the purpose than \times.
>
> OK, I'm clearly in the minority here; I think of
>   \times 2/3 {c8 d e}
> as a series of 12th notes.  I would be delighted if LilyPond let me
> write
>   c12 d e

Then it would need to know what kind of note head and how many flags
it should use for the note. However, you can write c8*2/3 d e
to get the duration you want (even though LilyPond won't add any tuplet 
marker).

  /Mats