On 10/31/2023 4:23 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
Jean Abou Samra<j...@abou-samra.fr> writes:
Le mardi 31 octobre 2023 à 20:40 +0100, David Kastrup a écrit :
Given that I was way less comfortable with English at the time
than I am today, it is possible that I fell into the trap of a
false cognate: the French "cordes frottées" sounds similar to
"fretted strings" but in fact means "bowed strings".
Well, maybe I had the wrong reading of the posts here. Hopefully not
the wrong writing.
<https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2158>
Thank you, David, for your prompt action, and Jean for that humorous story.
The only reason I cc'd Harm was that he was one of five listed under
Documentation in http://lilypond.org/authors.html, and in previous posts
he had identified himself as a [fellow] classical guitarist. So I
imagined he might smile, as I did, at seeing the double bass listed
among fretted instruments.
And thanks, Michael, for your pointer to that documentation in your
response to the OP. I try to follow such links when they're from
someone who apparently knows more about the topic than I do. It is,
indeed, an excellent read.
I hope everyone is now smiling.
Jeff
P.S. What's the best way to alert somebody whenever I see a small nit
like this in the documentation? I don't have an account on gitlab, nor
do I subscribe to the bugs or developers lists.
