On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 12:58 AM Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> wrote: > > > I went through the interfaces pages recently, and I found a couple of > > things that need to be fixed (these is from the 2.25 version). > > > > (1) The centered-spanner-interface page talks about using it with > > MultiMeasureRest, but MultiMeasureRest isn't among the list of > > grobs at the bottom that use it. (The MultiMeasureRest page > > doesn't mention that it uses the centered-spanner-interface, > > either.) > > Well, what you are actually talking about is the description of the > property `spacing-pair`, which mentions `MultiMeasureRest`. However, > there are *two* properties with this name: one is part of > `centered-spanner-interface`, and the other one is part of > `multi-measure-interface`. > > The policy of LilyPond is to avoid different property names for > similar functionality, which often leads to cryptic property > descriptions to be as generic as possible. In this particular case an > example is given, which is actually a good thing, but it doesn't cover > the `centered-spanner-interface` incarnation of this property. > > Maybe you can suggest a better wording for the description of > `spacing-pair`? > [...]
On the centered-spanner-interface page, the comment about the MultiMeasureRest can just be deleted (as it's already on the multi-measure-interface page, as long as the description of spacing-pair is correct. > > (2) The stroke-finger-interface page says that it is for "right hand > > finger instructions." Well, this isn't true if the instrument is > > being played left-handed. In that case the "right hand" really > > is the "picking hand" or "strumming hand." > > What instrument(s) do you have in mind? It is possible to improve the > description while talking about 'left hand' and 'right hand' in the > context of fretted instruments, but I don't think it makes sense to > change these long-established terms. > The main instrument I'm thinking of is the guitar. And there's actually precedent, in that left-handed chord diagrams (FretBoards) are supported by Lilypond. --- Christopher Carl Heckman
