Re: Colored box behind a single note

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

>>>> Seriously?  C++ has loops, you don't need goto for that.
>>>
>>> What construction do you suggest as a replacement?
>> 
>> A loop?
>
> Well, yes.  However, everything seems quite inelegant and bloated to
> me in comparison to this simple `goto' [and I don't think that such a
> local `goto' is something to be avoided at all costs].
>
> In other words, I would be really thankful for replacement
> suggestions.
>
>>> I have no idea what you are talking about.  What is not coherent in
>>> your opinion?  You don't like the
>>>
>>>   c'4\startGroup\stopGroup
>>>
>>> construction?  For me this looks like a quite natural extension
>>> (which, I guess, most of us have tried already) – at least for
>>> horizontal brackets.
>> 
>> Can you describe in a short paragraph what constructs are allowed,
>> what results are expected, and what constructs may be processed but
>> deliver a warning?  That's sort of what defines a feature.
>
> In NR, there is
>
>   Analysis brackets
>   -----------------
>
>   Brackets are used in musical analysis to indicate structure in
>   musical pieces.  Simple horizontal brackets are supported.
>
>   <example>
>
>   Analysis brackets may be nested.
>
>   <example>
>
> I would only add
>
>   It is possible to start and end a bracket at the same musical
>   moment.
>
>   <example>

So how do you distinguish a nested bracket starting and ending at the
same musical moment to ending one bracket and starting the next at the
same musical moment?

> to the documentation.

The documentation is not an inspiration for experiments but should make
clear what happens when doing what.

-- 
David Kastrup