Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi Carl, > > 2018-04-25 13:26 GMT+02:00 Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu>: >> Evan, >> >> Thanks for your feedback. Feedback from new users is important for >> improving the Learning Manual. > > Indeed. > >> There is a point that I was trying to make with these changes, >> without jumping right out and saying it (because I couldn’t find a >> good place to jump out and say it). In LilyPond, *ALL* extra things >> that apply to a note are added *after* a note, not before. > > To be complete. > There's one exception I'm aware of: ligatures: > \[ g' c, a' f d' \]
Ugh yes. I think because nobody got around to changing this. > If not, think it should be inserted in section > LM > 3. Fundamental concepts > 3.1 How LilyPond input files work > > My proposal: > > %%%%%%%% proposal-start > > LM 3.1.4 Attaching other elements to a note - postfix-syntax I don't think we use the term "postfix-syntax" with any sort of regularity. I think we are not doing people favors by inventing new terms when code, error messages and mailing lists are full of "post event or "post-event". I don't think there's enough to gain by coining a comparatively new term. > Writing a note means to enter a pitch with a duration (which may be implicit). > Ofcourse several other elements may belong to this note, like fingerings, > articulations, slurs, ties, text etc. > > All those elements are _attached_ to the note. An example in pseudo-code: > > Note-of-pitch-c'-and-duration-8 > with fingering 1 > with articulation tenuto > with starting slur > with starting tie > with text 'what-ever-remark' > > Attaching elements in this mannor is called postfix-syntax. > > The above pseudo-code-example would be done in LilyPond-syntax as > > { > c'8-1---(-~-\markup "what-ever-remark" > %% end Slur > c'-) > } > > The "-"-sign inserts the elements into the list of elements attached to this > note. > Ofcourse all those "-"-signs are probably hard to read, so for convenience > most > of them can be omitted. Above can be rewritten as: > > { > c'8-1--(~\markup "what-ever-remark" c') > } > > > LM 3.1.5 On the un-nestedness of brackets and ties > > %%%%%%%% proposal-end > > > Ofcourse this only a sketch. > Probably links to further explanations should be added. etc Apart from the terminology nit, this sounds like a pretty good idea and first draft. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user