On 2010-10-13 00:20, Wols Lists wrote:
On 12/10/10 14:02, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
Hi James,
[...]
If Lilypond users are confused because they don't have an understanding of that
basic and universal terminology, they should read (1) some engraving books, and
(2) the Lilypond introductory documentation.
3) Take a basic music theory course.
For a musician to get that wrong is as seriously incompetent [...]
On 2010-10-12 15:24, Trevor Daniels wrote:
I'm afraid you're showing your ignorance as a musician.
System and score are not synonomous. [...]
Come on, guys, calm down. First, not everybody's a native speaker, and
even if they are or know the terms, score-system-spacing is confusing at
the first glance. After all, the user might think: My scores consist of
systems - why should I specify a distance between the system and the
score it is in? Ah, okay, it probably means the spacing between
different systems in a score.
Well, bang, you're dead - wrong conclusion drawn. I'd understand this
way of reasoning if somebody only sees the name of the variable without
further explanation, and thus I see James' point. But really, the logic
"upper object - lower object" is simple enough to explain in one
sentence, and if the user reads it, he should be fine.
Cheers,
Alexander
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