Re: removing automatically generated natural signs

[Kieren MacMillan]

Urs,

> But to be fair one should note that there are serious encoding systems out 
> there that work like the OP expects, for example the MEI encoding format or 
> the Amadeus notation software. 
> When I discussed the topic with an Amadeus power user he said that he would 
> go nuts with all the typing (of the extra is and es) with the thousands of 
> pages of music he has to create every year.
> MEI on the other hand wants to encode "what is on the paper", that is: an "a" 
> for any pitch on that step.  However, I don't accept that because that a flat 
> in e flat major is *not* printed as an "a" that becomes an a flat through the 
> key signature. Actually it's a note head in the second space that becomes an 
> a through the treble clef and only then an a flat.

There is no reason one can't code some syntactic sugar to make it work “as 
expected” (i.e., without "all the 'extra' typing") in Lilypond as well.
I just don't think it's a great idea.  =)

Cheers,
Kieren.
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