Re: Make several special characters with or without backslash "non-special" (issue 12432043)

[dak]

"Keith OHara" <address@hidden> writes:

> '!' also looks like a staccatissimo,
> is a stop character so conceptually related to the '.' for staccato,
> conflicts less with the use of ''' in pitches:
>    e'4-! cs-! bf-! g-! e'-! cs-! \tuplet3/2{bf-> g-> e->}
>    e'4-' cs-' bf-' g-' e'-' cs-' \tuplet3/2{bf-> g-> e->}
> indicates an exclamation which "Hey!" is conceptually similar to a
staccatissimo,
> is easier to type on key layouts that use ''' for accents (like mine,
> US deadkeys on Windows).

> ''' would look ridiculous when using octave checks: e'='-'

Well, we can have eis'!='-! or even eis!=-! as well, but then
octave-less octave checks always look like an oddity.  But forced
accidentals are usually less frequent than octave marks.

And I agree that in the non-contrived interlinear comparison above, the
variant using ! is less of an overall distraction.

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