Re: one other thing - documentation

2009-04-22 Thread Simon Bailey
Graham Percival wrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 03:54:55PM +0200, Simon Bailey wrote: there is a perverse logic to this, which makes it not a convention but syntax. the ' and , are actually part of the pitch, the numbers only designate the duration and can be omitted. you are right, it is not

Re: one other thing - documentation

2009-04-22 Thread Graham Percival
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 03:54:55PM +0200, Simon Bailey wrote: > On 20 Apr 2009, at 14:34, rathcof...@comcast.net wrote: >> You could make these conventions explicit - I had to learn about them >> by trial and error. >> >> cis'4 is a valid command; cis4' is not. > > there is a perverse logic to thi

Re: one other thing - documentation

2009-04-21 Thread Simon Bailey
sorry if this is double posted, my mail-client seems to be affected by sunspot activity or the lack of it. :) mw, On 20 Apr 2009, at 14:34, rathcof...@comcast.net wrote: You could make these conventions explicit - I had to learn about them by trial and error. cis'4 is a valid command; cis4

Re: one other thing - documentation

2009-04-21 Thread Simon Bailey
mw, On 20 Apr 2009, at 14:34, rathcof...@comcast.net wrote: You could make these conventions explicit - I had to learn about them by trial and error. cis'4 is a valid command; cis4' is not. there is a perverse logic to this, which makes it not a convention but syntax. the ' and , are actu

Re: one other thing - documentation

2009-04-21 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:34:56PM +, rathcof...@comcast.net wrote: > The Command Summary which is part of Notation Reference > (Appendix C, Cheat Sheet, page 545 ff.) could be extracted and > made part of the short Guides. Once I learned it was there, I > found it in Notation Reference, print

one other thing - documentation

2009-04-21 Thread rathcoffey
(see previous post).  I found the Manual and the Notation Reference very helpful.  I just have a couple of suggestions. The Command Summary which is part of Notation Reference (Appendix C, Cheat Sheet, page 545 ff.) could be extracted and made part of the short Guides.  Once I learned it w