I've reviewed only the English input.itely file. This seems so much clearer now. I like having the full syntax presented first. My comments are suggestions to marginally improve the clarity further.
Trevor http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely File Documentation/notation/input.itely (right): http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely#newcode1039 Documentation/notation/input.itely:1039: changes), footnotes can also be specified as a standalone music event specified as stand-alone music events http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely#newcode1062 Documentation/notation/input.itely:1062: the respective grob will be used as a reference point even in case that "a reference point even when its @q{cause} .." http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely#newcode1065 Documentation/notation/input.itely:1065: and then only a directly created grob will be annotated. "in which case only a ..." http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely#newcode1070 Documentation/notation/input.itely:1070: This is the item, a music event or chord constituent or post-event, that The term 'post-event' is probably unfamiliar to most users. I think this should be briefly described, perhaps by adding at the end of this sentence, "where a post-event is an expressive mark, articulation, dynamic, etc". http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely#newcode1073 Documentation/notation/input.itely:1073: to a music expression in particular, but rather to a moment of time. It "attached to any particular music expression, but ..." http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely#newcode1078 Documentation/notation/input.itely:1078: Like with @code{\tweak}, if your @code{\footnote} is applied to a "As with ..., if the @code{\footnote} is to be applied .." http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely#newcode1080 Documentation/notation/input.itely:1080: @code{-} to make the parser attach the result to the preceding note or No need to mention the parser. I think it's clear enough if the sentence stops after "@code{-}". http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely#newcode1090 Documentation/notation/input.itely:1090: footnote to. "to which the footnpote is to be attached." http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely#newcode1168 Documentation/notation/input.itely:1168: generated footnote marks, they will not appear before the @var{footnote} It's not immediately clear what "they" means. Better use "reference marks". http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/diff/2045/Documentation/notation/input.itely#newcode1170 Documentation/notation/input.itely:1170: left to the user. LilyPond will only make sure that the corresponding "to the user, perhaps by including the reference mark at the start of the @var{footnote}. http://codereview.appspot.com/6195098/ _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel