On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 7:30 AM David Kastrup <
dak@gnu.org> wrote:
The current naming is a drag.
"\repeatTie" and "\laissezvibrer" are a stupid combination of terms for
the two different half ties you need to deal with in the context of
repeats or other visual non-linearities.
I completely agree. Since there are other applications for a half tie, the name shouldn't be \laissezvibrer.
\startTie and \stopTie would make a lot more sense (even though they
don't need to be matched at all). \laissezvibrer might be an alias,
though I am not sure whether it would not, in that function, be
deserving of some tweaks giving it a longer minimal visual length.
I might prefer \beginTie and \endTie or \tieBegin and \tieEnd. \startTie and \stopTie don't seem to match the current usage of \startStaff and \stopStaff, although I think it's not that big a deal.
It could also be complemented by \startSlur and \stopSlur that have
similar problems but actually differing visuals, and tend to reach
closer to the respective bar line.
Possibly \startSlur <ending pitch> and \stopSlur <starting pitch> in
order to get sensible/matching curvature.
This sounds like a good proposal to me. But maybe \slurBegin and \slurEnd?
Carl