Re: Implement framework for post-fix text (de)cresc spanners

[Carl Sorensen]

On 8/22/09 5:13 PM, "Graham Percival" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 02:24:22PM -0600, Carl Sorensen wrote:
>> 
>> On 8/22/09 11:34 AM, "Reinhold Kainhofer" <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Graham does not want any syntax changes prior to 2.14, so this won't go into
>>> spanner-init.ly. But these three definitions is all that is to be said about
>>> the frontend....
>> 
>> No, syntax changes are allowed in 2.13.  It is *stable* (2.12) that could
>> have no syntax changes.
> 
> Yes, with the possible exception of changes that require manual
> attention.  IMO, if we're going to eliminate all prefix notation,
> then we should do that all at once (in 3.0), instead of piecemeal.
> 
> If this change uses \newcr or \crnew or whatever, then fine.  If
> it redefines the behavior of \cresc, then I recommend caution.

Yes, we should call it \newcresc, and indicate in the documentation that
\cresc is deprecated.

Carl