Re: partial rearrangement done, technical problems

[Graham Percival]

Trevor Daniels wrote:
> Well, yes - at least one other likes it.  But only if every
> sub-section within it concerns an actual instrument, and the
> list of instruments is complete (at least as far as the
> instrument-specific parts of LP are concerned).

There's wide support (well, two people) for promoting Strings and
Bagpipes as main sections, so I'll reinstate them.

Remember that I'm totally open to renaming this chapter name (if we keep
it as a chapter).  I'll do it as soon as I get something better than
"Purpose-specific notation".

>  So the
> sub-sections should not include Chord Names nor Ancient
> Notation - these should be sections in "1. Musical
> Notation".
...
> Why do I prefer it?  Well, it separates out those parts
> of the manual which are of interest only if you are writing
> for that particular instrument.  Others can simply ignore
> sections that don't concern them.  In effect it shortens
> the manual without removing anything.

I completely agree with this reasoning (that's why I did it in the first
place)... but this applies to Ancient and Chord names.  As a string
player, I've never used that stuff, so IMO they make sense to be in
chapter 2.  Whatever we end up calling that chapter.

> If this is technically possible and does not give
> rise to serious maintenance issues maybe this could
> be extended to chapters too.

In theory, it's technically possible.  In practice, it isn't.  Sorry.  :(

- Graham