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RE: Learning Manual comments
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Trevor Daniels |
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RE: Learning Manual comments |
Date: |
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:25:41 -0000 |
Andrew Hawryluk wrote 27 January 2008 02:09
>
> I just finished reading the Learning Manual for
> the first time and I
> am really impressed. Nice work everyone! As a
> relatively new user,
> chapters 3 and 4 were excellent. I am starting to
> figure out why
> commands belong in various places, and I now see
> how simple some of
> the tweaks are. Thanks!
>
Thanks for the encouragement! Those two chapters
are mine (except for 4.6 and 4.7) and the
encouragement really helps :)
> There were a few items that I spotted, though
> most of them are just
> little details:
>
> 3.2.3 the Handel excerpt is missing \global in
> the voice "SopTwo".
> This results in a missing key signature. The hymn
> in the same section
> has the same problem with the \TimeKey statement
> not appearing in the
> tenor voice, but the result is invisible because
> the song is in C
> major.
>
Fixed in next version
> 3.3.4 I was confused about the hash signs (#).
> The statement about why
> they are needed before all values in a \set
> statement is very clear,
> but then the subsequent example has
> \set Staff.instrumentName = "Soprano"
> without a hash sign. Is this because "Soprano" is
> a LilyPond string
> rather than a Scheme value?
>
Hmm. It seems like the first # is optional for
a text string, but not for other types, which explains
why the example worked. I'll add the # to the example
to avoid this confusion. Sorry!
> 3.4.2 In the Handel excerpt, the last alto note
> should be e2 rather
> than fis2. Great choice, by the way.
>
Well spotted! Fixed in next version.
> 4.4.3 The second paragraph after the heading
> "Grob Sizing", which
> begins "By default" has a duplicate word: "by by"
>
Fixed in next version
> 4.5.2 Regarding moving beams, I have a
> typographical question. I
> understand that the end of a beam is normally
> positioned such that its
> top edge, centre, or bottom edge is aligned on a
> staff line. When
> manually setting the positions, what fractions of
> a line space would
> give those positions?
>
By default the beam thickness is set to 0.48 of a
staff-space (Note the IR is wrong is this respect;
it says in units of line-thickness, which is normally
right, but not for beams). So to move a beam with
its top edge aligned to a position with its centre
aligned you'll need to move it an extra 0.24.
I think this is better suited to the NR, though.
> 4.6.3 and 4.6.5 What are the default units when
> setting page margins?
> I'm guessing mm, but it would be helpful to state
> the default and
> maybe mention how to use inches (for those of us
> who still need to use
> those ancient units occasionally).
>
Sections 4.6 and 4.7 were lifted straight from the
old manual, I believe, and I haven't checked them out
yet.
Yes, mm. I'll add this. I'll hunt out what the
default is and say how to use inches. But I'll
defer that until I get round to checking this
section.
> Thanks again for fine piece of work.
> Andrew Hawryluk
>
Trevor D