Re: Is it possible to insert a "break" in a ottava bracket?

[Thomas Morley]

2017-09-08 23:33 GMT+02:00 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On 08.09.2017 22:58, David Kastrup wrote:
>>> Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> at = #(define-music-function (time event music)
>>>>    (ly:duration? ly:music? ly:music?)
>>>> "Place @var{event} at a relative duration @var{time} in relation
>>>> to @var{music}."
>>>>    #{ \context Bottom << { \skip $time <>$event } $music >> #})
>>> Someone remind me: was there a reason we did not make this part of
>>> LilyPond proper?  I think there was but I cannot remember it.  It's
>>> coming up time and again...
>>
>> I think one reason is the lack of a really satisfying name –
>> personally, I like the way
>> \after 4 \< c2
>> translates to
>> ‘after a quarter note duration, insert a hairpin on the note c2’
>> but I don’t really think that’s good enough for Lily proper, namely
>> because it’s too unspecific.
>
> It's missing the relation to the c2: \after 4 \< c2 sounds like
>
> \skip 4 <>\< c2
>
> to me.  \within does not really work since c2 has to come last or
> placing several elements will become completely awkward syntactically.
>
> Maybe we really should just bikeshed this one as "at" and be done.


+1

Btw, afterGrace is a strange and misleading name as well, imho. At
least as a starter I had difficulties to understand what this name may
have to do with the requiered arguments.
Though, this ship is sailed long time ago ...

Cheers,
  Harm