Re: Syntax

[David Kastrup]

Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> please always reply to all, so that others stay informed or may drop
> into the discussion.
> cc-ing the list again.
>
> 2018-07-05 22:03 GMT+02:00 ********** <address@hidden>:
>> Here (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/percussion-notes)
>> there's written "highmidtom".
>> Anyway, the different syntaxes make the program flexible, but they also
>> confuse a user approaching it for the first time.
>
>>> please check what you've written before accusing the program ;)
>
> You're right, that's sort of a bug.
>
> Though, what should we change, code (drumpitch-init.ly) or docs?
>
> I'd say it would have been best to use "highmidtom" in the code right
> from the start. Right now I don't see why it wasn't implemented in
> this way.

himidtom seems ok to me, it's a shortcut.  The alternative would be
highmiddletom (which seems overdone).

> Anyway, I suppose several users woked with "himidtom", changíng it
> would require a convert-rule as well.
> So I tend to change the docs.
>
> Opinions?

See above.

-- 
David Kastrup