OK, yes we have another difference in opinions: cue notes in drums are not like ordinary notes. They are information to the drummer. If I as a writer really want a rhythm played, then I use rhythmic notation. This should give no option: I want exactly this rhythm played. However, when using cue notes I state that “this is a rhythm that you will hear in the band”. You can use it for orientating yourself, you can play it in a way that you select, or you can ignore it. I have noticed that different drummers interpret this a little differently. Most drummers I have worked with use them to play the rhythm if they feel that to be appropriate in the context (and not for instance lose the groove while doing this, or else make the drumming “scattered” and “edgy”). This is a kind of drummers I like to work with. Some other drummers however see the cue notes as “law” just like rhythmic notation, and if I know that I am writing for a band with a drummer doing this, then I am forced to simply decrease the number of cue notes to make the drumming smoother and more musical. This is of course to a large extent a matter of taste.
But as a conclusion: I see a very big difference between cue notes, rhythmic notation and ordinary notes (in which I state more exactly how I want something to be played on the individual instruments such as cymbals, snare, toms, kick drum, hihat etc).
So I stick stiffly with my basic opinion: there are different ways of notating drums which I have tried to outline in an earlier post Jazz/pop/rock drum part considerations
But then I get confused: as far as I remember it was earlier not possible to enter “regular notes” on slashes or rhytmic cues. The recommendation from Dorico was then to use a separate cue staff and use shift-U which is what I do (with all the frustration it gives).
Obviously something has changed here (which I have then missed) so that you can combine slashes/bar repeats with ordinary notes. Could you point out where I can read about this?