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?
Sure! And the conversion from relative to fixed is the first operation I do with Frescobaldi each time I interact with a score written in relative mode.....