Re: fixed vs relative

[Urs Liska]

Am 9. Mai 2019 20:20:36 MESZ schrieb David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>Gianmaria Lari <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I saw the discussion about fixed vs relative few times in the
>lilypond ml.
>>
>> I think it's a lot about personal taste and habit and personally I
>decided
>> to stick to fixed mainly because I find fixing mistakes in relative
>mode is
>> much more annoying than writing in fixed way....
>>
>> But what if the editor would help a bit? What if you enter music in
>> relative mode (don't worrying to specify the octave) but your editor
>would
>> propose the "correct" (nearest) octave to add?
>>
>> For example suppose your cursor is immediatly after
>>
>> b'
>>
>>
>> and then you type
>>
>> c
>>
>>
>> What if the editor proposes to autocomplete with '' ?
>>
>> This is just an idea.
>
>You know that Frescobaldi can convert absolute to relative and vice
>versa?

I don't know if Gianmaria is aware of that, but (although I don't write in 
absolute mode myself) I can imagine that an autocomplete-style feature could be 
nice.

This should not be too hard to do in Frescobaldi - if "someone" would we 
interested in doing it ...

Urs