Re: Shifting hairpins' starting/ending points etc [was: Re: Lilypond lobbying?]

[Dmytro O. Redchuk]

On Mon 29 Aug 2011, 13:10 David Kastrup wrote:
> "Dmytro O. Redchuk" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On Sun 28 Aug 2011, 11:21 Janek Warchoł wrote:
> >> 2011/8/26 Dmytro O. Redchuk <address@hidden>:
> >> > On Fri 26 Aug 2011, 13:54 David Kastrup wrote:
> >> >> So maybe the "spacer rest" terminology is not doing anybody a favor.
> >> >>
> >> >> Would you have felt more comfortable if my example had used "\skip"
> >> >> instead of "spacer rests"?
> >> > No, not sure. Why "music" should contain any "skips" to be "typeset" 
> >> > nicely?
Again -- why? Why "skips" or "spacing rests" to shift hairpin right?

> >> > I wanted to say, that, very probably, "\<{...}" would be really great
> >> > (to shift starting point right). And that spacers are, as for me, a bit
> >> > "innatural".
Well, { c''{offset=XX} } would be nice... probably... too. I don't know.

> Spoken differently: for a new person who knows nothing about the syntax,
> knowing nothing about the syntax is not a desirable state to remain in.
Yes. I agree with you.

I just wanted to say that I like \<{...} more than skips and spacers.
And I believe it's a matter of taste.

Am I wrong? -- very probably. I don't know.

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