Re: musicxml2ly enhancements

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OK. Please consider my suggestion as obsolete, but I'd like to clarify  
what I intended to say (but obviously failed to do so)

Quoting David Kastrup <address@hidden>:

> Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Would something like
> >
> > address@hidden a,4 ( a4 ) ( b4 ) d4 |
> >
> > be an option?
> >
> > The combination'%@' would indicate that the next token is meant as a
> > measure number (or any other pointer to the structure of the content).
>
> Except that inside of comments, there is no such thing as a "token".
> Which is part of a comment's appeal.  And a comment that is a "pointer
> to the structure of the content"?  I don't see how a comment be any such
> thing, but then I have a problem parsing this parenthetical addition
> anyway.
What I thought of was that
  %@
would assume an implicit closing tag after the next white space, so  
you can write
  address@hidden (the underscore meaning a space character)
instead of
  %{ 5 %}
so that the rest of the line is considered as non-comment.

That probably was a silly idea because its only real advantage is some  
slightly less typing.

Of course it was misleading to use 'keywords' like pointer etc. I  
meant special comments that indicate a measure number or any other  
indicator of a musical structure (e.g. partI, verse, coda etc.)

> > An editor could use such entries (i.e. specific syntax, starting at
> > the beginning of a line) to create a document outline, e.g. point to
> > @5 entries in all parts.
>
> You lost me _way_ back.
>
> > Of course I know that syntax changes shouldn't be taken lightly,
> > though ...
>
> There is nobody keeping you to put whatever editor-hinting comments into
> your LilyPond source file using the existing comment syntax.  I don't
> see what another comment syntax would buy you in that regard, though.
You're probably right.
Everything I could want could also be achieved with the existing  
command syntax.

Urs

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