Reinforce the idea that \override numbers are the result of personal

taste.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f6e04ae38176444530a06e7206312923a0853627..db4ddd47f51cebff614fae32149692cbd3785e3c 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
        * Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely: add info on
        getting an I rehearsal mark.
 
+       * Documentation/user/putting.itely: reinstate "I", re-enforce
+       the fact that \override numbers are the result of
+       experimentation and personal taste.
+
 2005-08-17  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
 
        * input/regression/stem-spacing.ly (Module): remove file.

diff --git a/Documentation/user/putting.itely b/Documentation/user/putting.itely
index fb276a1b2a05f1b23a7f3728b616a43a0dfa46b4..40a2f891cf0961cfecb2f1bf06981a618af6dda7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/user/putting.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/putting.itely
@@ -272,9 +272,10 @@ e4^\markup{ \italic ritenuto } g b e
 @end lilypond
 
 That looks better, but it isn't quite big enough.  After experimenting
-with a few values, we think 2.3 is the best number.  We leave this as an
-exercise for the reader to modify the above example and view the output
-for themselves.
+with a few values, I think 2.3 is the best number in this case.  However,
+this number is merely the result of experimentation and my personal
+taste in notation.  Try the above example with 2.3... but also try higher
+(and lower) numbers.  Which do you think looks the best?
 
 @cindex extra-offset
 
@@ -292,14 +293,19 @@ e4^\markup{ \italic ritenuto } g b e
 
 With @code{extra-offset}, the first number controls the horizontal
 movement (left is negative); the second number controls the vertial
-movement (up is positive).  After a bit of experimenting, we decided
-that these values look good.
+movement (up is positive).  After a bit of experimenting, I decided
+that these values look good
 
 @lilypond[quote,fragment,raggedright,verbatim,relative=2]
 \once \override TextScript #'extra-offset = #'( -1.6 . 1.0 )
 e4^\markup{ \italic ritenuto } g b e
 @end lilypond
 
+@noindent
+Again, these numbers are simply the result of a few experiments and
+looking at the output.  You might prefer the text to be slightly higher,
+or to the left, or whatever.  Try it and look at the result!
+
 
 @seealso