CVSROOT: /cvsroot/lilypond
Module name: lilypond
Branch:
Changes by: Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/08/17 09:57:08
Modified files:
. : ChangeLog
Documentation/user: putting.itely
Log message:
Reinforce the idea that \override numbers are the result of personal
taste.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/lilypond/lilypond/ChangeLog.diff?tr1=1.4025&tr2=1.4026&r1=text&r2=text
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/lilypond/lilypond/Documentation/user/putting.itely.diff?tr1=1.6&tr2=1.7&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: lilypond/ChangeLog
diff -u lilypond/ChangeLog:1.4025 lilypond/ChangeLog:1.4026
--- lilypond/ChangeLog:1.4025 Wed Aug 17 08:13:28 2005
+++ lilypond/ChangeLog Wed Aug 17 09:57:07 2005
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
* Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely: add info on
getting an I rehearsal mark.
+ * Documentation/user/putting.itely: reinstate "I", re-enforce
+ the fact that \override numbers are the result of
+ experimentation and personal taste.
+
2005-08-17 Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* input/regression/stem-spacing.ly (Module): remove file.
Index: lilypond/Documentation/user/putting.itely
diff -u lilypond/Documentation/user/putting.itely:1.6
lilypond/Documentation/user/putting.itely:1.7
--- lilypond/Documentation/user/putting.itely:1.6 Tue Aug 16 00:33:28 2005
+++ lilypond/Documentation/user/putting.itely Wed Aug 17 09:57:08 2005
@@ -272,9 +272,10 @@
@end lilypond
That looks better, but it isn't quite big enough. After experimenting
-with a few values, we think 2.3 is the best number. We leave this as an
-exercise for the reader to modify the above example and view the output
-for themselves.
+with a few values, I think 2.3 is the best number in this case. However,
+this number is merely the result of experimentation and my personal
+taste in notation. Try the above example with 2.3... but also try higher
+(and lower) numbers. Which do you think looks the best?
@cindex extra-offset
@@ -292,13 +293,18 @@
With @code{extra-offset}, the first number controls the horizontal
movement (left is negative); the second number controls the vertial
-movement (up is positive). After a bit of experimenting, we decided
-that these values look good.
+movement (up is positive). After a bit of experimenting, I decided
+that these values look good
@lilypond[quote,fragment,raggedright,verbatim,relative=2]
\once \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'( -1.6 . 1.0 )
e4^\markup{ \italic ritenuto } g b e
@end lilypond
+
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+Again, these numbers are simply the result of a few experiments and
+looking at the output. You might prefer the text to be slightly higher,
+or to the left, or whatever. Try it and look at the result!
@seealso
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