Robin Bannister wrote:
Robin Bannister wrote
A: 21 hits for \context Staff
B: 14 hits for \context { \Staff
I think I get it now. It must be that \context is overloaded, does
two quite different things. Upon meeting a \context you must
categorise it as A or B.
The uninitiated attach
2008/8/10 Trevor Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Absolutely. When the LM was written the appropriate sections in the
NR did not exist, or at least the headings were expected to change.
Now the headings have stabilised (more or less) the refs can be added.
Could you please make a new patch, taking
2008/8/11 Graham Percival [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 23:54:44 +0200
Valentin Villenave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, this is a Johnism (I don't know why he keeps asking us to
remove parentheses).
Parentheses are discouraged in highly formal writing, but they add
clarity and
John Mandereau wrote Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:42 PM
2008/8/10 Trevor Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Absolutely. When the LM was written the appropriate sections in the
NR did not exist, or at least the headings were expected to change.
Now the headings have stabilised (more or less) the refs
Trevor Daniels wrote
I learned you can have digits in context names! --- as long as the
names are in quotation marks.
which I regard as slightly more confirmation of my fragile suspicion that
in (the current GDP) Learning Manual 3.1.1 - In summary
there shouldn't be a backslash in front of
Mats Bengtsson wrote
Robin Bannister wrote:
Trevor Daniels wrote
I learned you can have digits in context names! --- as long as the
names are in quotation marks.
which I regard as slightly more confirmation of my fragile suspicion that
in (the current GDP) Learning Manual 3.1.1 - In
Trevor Daniels wrote
Thanks, Robin
Well, you're welcome. Glad to be of some use.
But also disappointed,
because I thought I had understood something (from reading the manual!),
and now it seems I hadn't.
Statistics for NR (pdf dated 2008-08-09, only slightly stale):
A: 21 hits for
Robin Bannister wrote
A: 21 hits for \context Staff
B: 14 hits for \context { \Staff
I think I get it now.
It must be that \context is overloaded,
does two quite different things.
Upon meeting a \context you must categorise it as A or B.
The uninitiated attach no particular
Robin Bannister wrote Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:36 PM
Robin Bannister wrote
A: 21 hits for \context Staff
B: 14 hits for \context { \Staff
I think I get it now.
Yup - you got it.
It must be that \context is overloaded,
does two quite different things.
Upon meeting a \context
Robin Bannister wrote Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:56 PM
Statistics for NR (pdf dated 2008-08-09, only slightly stale):
A: 21 hits for \context Staff
B: 14 hits for \context { \Staff
Or is it that I'm talking about A, and you are talking about B?
Yes, or more to the point, the Learning
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 23:54:44 +0200
Valentin Villenave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/8/9 Graham Percival [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
This must be a Frenchism; I winced when I saw it in some of
Valentin's text.itely changes. Why on earth remove the
parentheses? They help clarify the structure of
John, you wrote Saturday, August 09, 2008 5:15 PM
I proofread chapter 3 of the Learning Manual up to 3.1.4 'Modifying
context properties'. This is globally great work, I wish I could read
such docs instead of spending hours in trial-and-error and reading
Mats' explanations on -user, when I
Hi Trevor,
I proofread chapter 3 of the Learning Manual up to 3.1.4 'Modifying
context properties'. This is globally great work, I wish I could read
such docs instead of spending hours in trial-and-error and reading
Mats' explanations on -user, when I started with LilyPond 4 years ago
:-).
I
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 18:15:35 +0200
John Mandereau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In 'Introduction to the LilyPond file structure':
by default, \header does not use the same fields depending on its
scope (\book or \score), so IMO it's better to show the more standard
file structure with a \header
Graham Percival wrote:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 18:15:35 +0200
John Mandereau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In 'Introduction to the LilyPond file structure':
by default, \header does not use the same fields depending on its
scope (\book or \score), so IMO it's better to show the more standard
file
2008/8/9 Graham Percival [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
This must be a Frenchism; I winced when I saw it in some of
Valentin's text.itely changes. Why on earth remove the
parentheses? They help clarify the structure of the sentence.
Actually, this is a Johnism (I don't know why he keeps asking us to
On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:39:09 +0200
Mats Bengtsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Graham Percival wrote:
I disagree. Shoving \header outside of a \book or \score is a
shorthand, and I'd rather keep the basic example as basic as
(reasonably) possibly. Also, having a \header on its own will
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