RE: \relative proposal: putting absolute pitches anywhere within \relative block using @-sign

[Curt McDowell]

> On 13/03/2013 19:24, address@hidden wrote:
>> 1. Define absolute octave syntax with the @-sign (let it be a mnemonic
for _A_bsolute)
>> to be the syntax for temporarily specifying an ABSOLUTE PITCH within a
\relative block,
>> such that the next pitch, if it doesn't use the @-sign also, is relative
to the absolute pitch.
>
> Okay, this may be covered by other new facilities, but I remember I had
exactly the problem
> this is intended to solve. I wanted to use a fragment inside a relative
block, but the stuff
> around it messed up the relative octave, so I wanted to be able to specify
an explicit octave
> for the first note of the fragment. (Han-Wen kindly wrote me a little
function, which may have
> become \reset-absolute-octave, I've never used that so I'm not sure about
that.)

Hi,

The precious '@' symbol should be used for some major new functionality
rather than
to patch up one detail case.

The problem you mention seems to be covered by nesting one \relative X { ...
} inside
another. It appears the treatment of X is still absolute when nested.

Regards,
Curt