Re: alternative notation for tuplets (idea)?

[Gerard McConnell]

Of course "\tuplet 9/8" is the clearest syntax for English speakers since it correlates nicely with "a tuplet of 9 in the space of 8"; but I think Jethro is right.

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Jethro Van Thuyne <address@hidden> wrote:

Why the urge to change? When \times has been used for such a long time,
replacing it with "tuplet" or advanced arithmetics would make things far
more difficult. I don't see the problem with the current system.

On Fri, 15 Oct 2010, Bernardo Barros wrote:

> One think I don't like, since I use a lot of tuplets, is the
> similarity between "time" and "times".
> Why not \tuplet 9/8 instead of \times 8/9 ?