I just went through sections 1 through 1.3 and offer these corrections. If there is a better way for me to do this please tell me.
-David ***************** Manual has: 1 Introduction ...,but most of them do not do good job. Should be: ...,but most of them do not do a good job. ***************** Manual has: 1.1 Notation in LilyPond [Paragraph 4] ...Each plug-in are completely... Should be: ...Each plug-in is completely... ***************** Later in that paragraph it says: When put together, the plug-ins can solve the music notation program... Should it be "problem" rather than "program"? ***************** And: People that put graphics to musical ideas are called... Reads better like this: People who convert musical information into graphic symbols are called... ***************** Section 1.1 last paragraph: Has; The engravers for note head, stems, slurs, etc.... Should be; The engravers for note heads, stems, slurs, etc.... ***************** 1.2 Engraving in LilyPond Paragraph one: ...The stamping and cutting was completely done by hand. Better: ...The stamping and cutting was done completely by hand. ***************** Paragraph two: Music often is far away... Better: Music is often far away... ***************** Last paragraph last sentence: ...down-stem/up-stems... Should be: ...down-stem/up-stem... ***************** 1.3 Typography and program architecture Should be: 1.3 Typography and Program Architecture [NB Section titles work like titles. In English all words are capitalized except for "unimportant" words like "the," "a," "an," "and," "this" unless they are the first word, of course. ] ...It is not possible to come up with a definitive solution for a problem at the first try. Instead, we start out with simple solution that might cover 75% of the cases, and gradually refine that solution over the course of months or years, so 90 or 95% of the cases are handled. Should be: ...It is not possible to come up with a definitive solution for a problem on the first try. Instead, we start out with a simple solution that might cover 75% of the cases, and gradually refine that solution over the course of months or years so that 90 or 95% of the cases are handled. ***************** Paragraph three has a typo: thosed Should be those ***************** Following the DynamicLineSpanner example the manual says: ...(which is measured in staff space,... Should be: ...(which is measured in staff spaces,... ***************** Consider the case of a publisher that is not satisfied with the in the default layout, and wants heavier stems. Should be: Consider the case of a publisher that is not satisfied with the default layout, and wants heavier stems. ***************** Last sentence: In fact, LilyPond gets a lot of formatting right automatically, so adjusting individual layout situations is not needed often at all. Should be: In fact, LilyPond gets a lot of formatting right automatically, so adjusting individual layout situations is often not needed at all. ***************** _______________________________________________ Lilypond-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
