From: Graham Percival <graham@percival-music.ca>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 22:44:19 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Minor doc updates.
X-Git-Tag: release/2.9.3~75
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6d8cc4e0c0844a2740f95f90bf76f100b3fb089a;p=lilypond.git

Minor doc updates.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e0c7f415e5..cc91862e1a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 	* scm/define-context-properties.scm: update old \property override.
 
+	* Documentation/user/ advanced-notation, global, lilypond-book:
+	more minor doc updates.
+
 2006-04-07  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <hanwen@lilypond.org>
 
 	* lily/parser.yy (Generic_prefix_music_scm): append lists, not objects.
diff --git a/Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely b/Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely
index c9cc4e6017..b53d7e8192 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/advanced-notation.itely
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ command @code{\fatText}, the widths will be taken into account
 c4^"longtext" \fatText c4_"longlongtext" c4
 @end lilypond
 
+@noindent
+To prevent text from influencing spacing, use @code{\emptyText}.
+
 More complex formatting may also be added to a note by using the
 markup command,
 @lilypond[fragment,ragged-right,verbatim,quote]
@@ -1986,6 +1989,9 @@ Examples: @inputfileref{input/@/regression,balloon@/.ly}.
 @node Blank music sheet
 @subsection Blank music sheet
 
+@cindex Sheet music, empty
+@cindex Staves, blank sheet
+
 A blank music sheet can be produced also by using invisible notes, and
 removing @code{Bar_number_engraver}.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/user/global.itely b/Documentation/user/global.itely
index f7d276ff5b..7d6b7c2c06 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/global.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/global.itely
@@ -634,6 +634,23 @@ Setting the paper size will adjust a number of @code{\paper} variables
 LilyPond will do page layout, set margins, and add headers and
 footers to each page.
 
+@cindex @code{annotate-spacing}
+@cindex Spacing, display of properties
+
+To graphically display the dimensions of properties that may
+be altered for page formatting, use
+
+@example
+\paper {
+  annotate-spacing = ##t
+}
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+All units dimensions are measured in staff spaces. The pairs
+(@var{a},@var{b}) are intervals, where @var{a} is the lower edge and
+@var{b} the upper edge of the interval.
+
 The default layout responds to the following settings in the
 @code{\paper} block.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/user/lilypond-book.itely b/Documentation/user/lilypond-book.itely
index 09b6385be6..5549e46931 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/lilypond-book.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/lilypond-book.itely
@@ -580,6 +580,10 @@ dvips -o -h yourfile.psfonts -Ppdf yourfile.dvi
 ps2pdf yourfile.ps
 @end example
 
+The @file{.dvi} file created by this process will not contain
+noteheads.  This is normal; if you follow the instructions, they
+will be included in the @file{.ps} and @file{.pdf} files.
+
 To produce a Texinfo document (in any output format), follow the normal
 procedures for Texinfo (this is, either call @command{texi2dvi} or
 @command{makeinfo}, depending on the output format you want to