Re: Best name for function to create cross-style noteheads

[Carl Sorensen]

On 7/24/09 3:06 AM, "Hans Aberg" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 24 Jul 2009, at 07:58, Marc Hohl wrote:
> 
>> I think it would be the easiest way to define a neutral name first.
>> Personally, I like the idea of \xHead, \xHeadOn and \xHeadOff.
> 
> I think so, too. In computer lingo terms, you want define two things:
> the implementation, and the user interface. LilyPond does not provide
> a means to hide away the implementation, but that is the same as in C.
> 
> The implementation names would be the \xHead, \xHeadOn and \xHeadOff,
> though strictly speaking, I think these are notes, not just heads -
> the Unicode symbol U+1D143 MUSICAL SYMBOL X NOTEHEAD is just a head
> without stem and flags.
> 
> So perhaps \xNote, \xNoteOn and \xNoteOff might be better.

I prefer \xHead.  What is being changed is the head, not anything else.

If we were changing stems and flags, then I'd prefer the Note name.

Carl