Re: Learning Manual comments

2008-02-01 Thread Graham Percival
On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:07:24 +0100 Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trevor Daniels wrote: > > Hmm. It seems like the first # is optional for > > a text string, but not for other types, which explains > > why the example worked. I'll add the # to the example > > to avoid this confusio

Re: Learning Manual comments

2008-02-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Trevor Daniels wrote: 3.3.4 I was confused about the hash signs (#). The statement about why they are needed before all values in a \set statement is very clear, but then the subsequent example has \set Staff.instrumentName = "Soprano" without a hash sign. Is this because "Soprano" is a

Re: Learning Manual comments

2008-01-31 Thread Andrew Hawryluk
> > 4.5.2 Regarding moving beams, I have a > > typographical question. I > > understand that the end of a beam is normally > > positioned such that its > > top edge, centre, or bottom edge is aligned on a > > staff line. When > > manually setting the positions, what fractions of > > a line space wo

RE: Learning Manual comments

2008-01-31 Thread Trevor Daniels
Andrew Hawryluk wrote 27 January 2008 02:09 > > I just finished reading the Learning Manual for > the first time and I > am really impressed. Nice work everyone! As a > relatively new user, > chapters 3 and 4 were excellent. I am starting to > figure out why > commands belong in various places

Learning Manual comments

2008-01-26 Thread Andrew Hawryluk
I just finished reading the Learning Manual for the first time and I am really impressed. Nice work everyone! As a relatively new user, chapters 3 and 4 were excellent. I am starting to figure out why commands belong in various places, and I now see how simple some of the tweaks are. Thanks! There