[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Here's a documentation wish list item: page layout diagrams that show > > > how things are spaced > > > > What "things" exactly? > > The things I'm referring to are the graphical objects on the page. A > diagram showing the objects on the staff (or page) with their names and > the various properties/variables that affect how they are spaced > relative to other objects.
Unfortunately, many placement issues are rather complex, and I can't see how to illustrate them in a diagram. However, your idea is still pretty brilliant, and could be applied for Grob names. See http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/input/regression/out-www/collated-files.html#balloon.ly I'm leaving it to others to create the diagrams that each and every object. Volunteers, anyone? > > It's an attempt at clarifying all the different property types. > > That looks good. A minor point: you mention "scheme style naming" on > the above page. That's meaningful to me because I'm a programmer. For a > person who is not a programmer, it may be worth mentioning that > scheme-style names use dashes and lower cases letters. In all fairness > scheme style naming is described in another part of the manual, but if > the user hasn't read that, they will be a little fuzzy about this > particular page. Good point; fixed this. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
