Re: Question on Required texinfo version

2022-06-04 Thread Carl Sorensen
On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 4:06 PM John Wheeler wrote: > This is a probably nit, but I thought I'd ask. > > The Contributor's Guide 4.2.2 subheading Other states a requirement for > Texinfo version 6.1 or newer. > > The web.texi file contains the excerpt: > > @c next line is necessary for broken pre

Question on Required texinfo version

2022-06-04 Thread John Wheeler
This is a probably nit, but I thought I'd ask. The Contributor's  Guide 4.2.2 subheading Other states a requirement for Texinfo version 6.1 or newer. The web.texi file contains the excerpt: @c next line is necessary for broken pre-4.13 texinfo's @c install-info, so leave it there until we off

\bar "|.|"

2022-06-04 Thread Dan Eble
Does anyone know the use case for bar type "|.|"? Is it intended as a variation of ":|.|:" without dots? I have a feeling that it should decompose at a line break as repeat bar types do. It currently appears as "|.|" at the end of a line. Thanks, — Dan

Re: Should we be touching goops?

2022-06-04 Thread David Kastrup
Immanuel Litzroth writes: > Location vectors and Difference vectors are not kept separate as far > as I can tell. > Affine space keeps points separate from differences of points which > are vectors. > So does common parlance for places/distances and time points/durations. Paris > is not a distanc

Re: Should we be touching goops?

2022-06-04 Thread David Kastrup
Luca Fascione writes: > On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 12:47 PM David Kastrup wrote: > >> LilyPond uses precise arithmetic. >> > > Thanks David, just out of curiosity, where's a reference to the specific > implementation we're using? > > Further, besides the floating point math segment, does the rest fe

Re: Should we be touching goops?

2022-06-04 Thread Luca Fascione
On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 12:47 PM David Kastrup wrote: > LilyPond uses precise arithmetic. > Thanks David, just out of curiosity, where's a reference to the specific implementation we're using? Further, besides the floating point math segment, does the rest feel like it's on target to you? Cheer

Re: Should we be touching goops?

2022-06-04 Thread David Kastrup
Luca Fascione writes: > I can't say that I completely follow all that's being discussed here, but I > have seen a few statements pass by that I found confusing and it might be > of some use that I share some comments based on what I myself have > experienced so far. I'll admit I lost track of who

Re: Should we be touching goops?

2022-06-04 Thread Luca Fascione
I can't say that I completely follow all that's being discussed here, but I have seen a few statements pass by that I found confusing and it might be of some use that I share some comments based on what I myself have experienced so far. I'll admit I lost track of who said what, so I'll focus on the