Re: NR 1.2.3 Upbeats: confusing explanation of measurePosition

2013-01-02 Thread David Kastrup
Colin Hall writes: > On Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 10:27:13AM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: >> > as a simple user I wish only to know which numbers I may use with the >> > function ly:make-moment (to define the property measurePosition ) - >> > without running into problemsof any kind! >> >> Two integer

Re: NR 1.2.3 Upbeats: confusing explanation of measurePosition

2013-01-02 Thread Colin Hall
On Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 10:27:13AM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > > as a simple user I wish only to know which numbers I may use with the > > function ly:make-moment (to define the property measurePosition ) - > > without running into problemsof any kind! > > Two integers (for numerator and denomin

Re: Notation Reference 1.2.3, Unmetered music: cadenza and bars

2013-01-02 Thread Colin Hall
On Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 09:47:35AM +0100, Federico Bruni wrote: > > Bug Squad > > Perhaps adding a sentence would make this part straightforward to > people ignorant in music notation as me. Paragraph "Accidental" in > chapter 1 doesn't say that usually an accidental is valid until the > end of t

Re: footnotes and chord constructs

2013-01-02 Thread Federico Bruni
Il 02/01/2013 12:05, David Kastrup ha scritto: David Kastrup writes: Federico Bruni writes: I'm sorry, I don't understand well the topic and I'm not good at writing documentation. Hope it makes sense and can help someone who can write good documentation. That would not include me. But ma

Re: footnotes and chord constructs

2013-01-02 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup writes: > Federico Bruni writes: > >> I'm sorry, I don't understand well the topic and I'm not good at >> writing documentation. Hope it makes sense and can help someone who >> can write good documentation. > > That would not include me. But maybe I'll get by with a little help >

Re: footnotes and chord constructs

2013-01-02 Thread David Kastrup
Federico Bruni writes: > Il 02/01/2013 10:33, David Kastrup ha scritto: In the light of the above example working just fine, could you explain >> how one should have written the NR so that you would have been able to >> achieve what you wanted? >> >>> > >>> > A simple warni

Re: footnotes and chord constructs

2013-01-02 Thread Federico Bruni
Il 02/01/2013 10:33, David Kastrup ha scritto: In the light of the above example working just fine, could you explain >> how one should have written the NR so that you would have been able to >> achieve what you wanted? >> > > A simple warning saying that \footnote must be used inside a chord

Re: footnotes and chord constructs

2013-01-02 Thread Federico Bruni
Il 02/01/2013 09:52, David Kastrup ha scritto: Federico Bruni writes: It took me some time to understand the following: \version "2.17.10" \relative c'' { \footnote #'(2 . 4) "Footnote 1"2 % it's not printed because of the<> \footnote #'(2 . 4) "Footnote 2" Stem % unless I specify St

footnotes and chord constructs

2013-01-02 Thread Federico Bruni
It took me some time to understand the following: \version "2.17.10" \relative c'' { \footnote #'(2 . 4) "Footnote 1" 2 % it's not printed because of the <> \footnote #'(2 . 4) "Footnote 2" Stem % unless I specify Stem } IIUC, the grob-name *must* be specified when a footnote is attach