Andrew Hawryluk wrote 27 January 2008 02:09 > > I just finished reading the Learning Manual for > the first time and I > am really impressed. Nice work everyone! As a > relatively new user, > chapters 3 and 4 were excellent. I am starting to > figure out why > commands belong in various places, and I now see > how simple some of > the tweaks are. Thanks! > Thanks for the encouragement! Those two chapters are mine (except for 4.6 and 4.7) and the encouragement really helps :) > There were a few items that I spotted, though > most of them are just > little details: > > 3.2.3 the Handel excerpt is missing \global in > the voice "SopTwo". > This results in a missing key signature. The hymn > in the same section > has the same problem with the \TimeKey statement > not appearing in the > tenor voice, but the result is invisible because > the song is in C > major. >
Fixed in next version > 3.3.4 I was confused about the hash signs (#). > The statement about why > they are needed before all values in a \set > statement is very clear, > but then the subsequent example has > \set Staff.instrumentName = "Soprano" > without a hash sign. Is this because "Soprano" is > a LilyPond string > rather than a Scheme value? > Hmm. It seems like the first # is optional for a text string, but not for other types, which explains why the example worked. I'll add the # to the example to avoid this confusion. Sorry! > 3.4.2 In the Handel excerpt, the last alto note > should be e2 rather > than fis2. Great choice, by the way. > Well spotted! Fixed in next version. > 4.4.3 The second paragraph after the heading > "Grob Sizing", which > begins "By default" has a duplicate word: "by by" > Fixed in next version > 4.5.2 Regarding moving beams, I have a > typographical question. I > understand that the end of a beam is normally > positioned such that its > top edge, centre, or bottom edge is aligned on a > staff line. When > manually setting the positions, what fractions of > a line space would > give those positions? > By default the beam thickness is set to 0.48 of a staff-space (Note the IR is wrong is this respect; it says in units of line-thickness, which is normally right, but not for beams). So to move a beam with its top edge aligned to a position with its centre aligned you'll need to move it an extra 0.24. I think this is better suited to the NR, though. > 4.6.3 and 4.6.5 What are the default units when > setting page margins? > I'm guessing mm, but it would be helpful to state > the default and > maybe mention how to use inches (for those of us > who still need to use > those ancient units occasionally). > Sections 4.6 and 4.7 were lifted straight from the old manual, I believe, and I haven't checked them out yet. Yes, mm. I'll add this. I'll hunt out what the default is and say how to use inches. But I'll defer that until I get round to checking this section. > Thanks again for fine piece of work. > Andrew Hawryluk > Trevor D _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
