From: Trevor Daniels Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:23:05 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Docs: LM: Follow-ups to suggestions from Jonathan Wilkes X-Git-Tag: release/2.13.4-1~347 X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6e95beed212a0dc127a234cc1d2b052055b2ca86;p=lilypond.git Docs: LM: Follow-ups to suggestions from Jonathan Wilkes --- diff --git a/Documentation/user/introduction.itely b/Documentation/user/introduction.itely index e099c73704..e1db15797f 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/introduction.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/introduction.itely @@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ typographical details may seem academic. But it is not. In larger pieces with monotonous rhythms, spacing corrections lead to subtle variations in the layout of every line, giving each one a distinct visual signature. Without this signature all lines would -look the same, and they become like a labyrinth. If a musician -looks away once or has a lapse in concentration, he/she may easily -lose their place on the page. +look the same, and they become like a labyrinth. A distinct visual +signature helps to keep musicians from losing their place on the +page when they look away or have a lapse in concentration. Similarly, the strong visual look of bold symbols on heavy staff lines stands out better when the music is far away from the @@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ typographical style must also be accessible to the user. @item Finally, we continually refine the formatting algorithms, so we need a flexible approach to rules. The C++ language forces a -certain method of grouping rules that does not mesh well with how -music notation works. +certain method of grouping rules that cannot readily be applied to +formatting music notation. @end itemize @@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ easy to type: @end example @noindent -to create a quarter note on middle C and an eighth note on D -above middle C. +to create a quarter note on middle C (C1) and an eighth note on +the D above middle C (D1). @lilypond[quote] { diff --git a/Documentation/user/scheme-tutorial.itely b/Documentation/user/scheme-tutorial.itely index fd9e0d2461..18f79c2d15 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/scheme-tutorial.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/scheme-tutorial.itely @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ notably Windows, you may need to set the environment variable @code{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} to the directory @code{../usr/shr/guile/1.8} in the LilyPond installation (for the full path to this directory see @ref{Other sources of information}). Alternatively, Windows -users may simply chosoe @q{Run} from the Start menu and enter +users may simply choose @q{Run} from the Start menu and enter @q{guile}. The most basic concept in a language is data typing: numbers, character diff --git a/Documentation/user/tutorial.itely b/Documentation/user/tutorial.itely index 0b82794f0e..b80d9a8c33 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/tutorial.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/tutorial.itely @@ -1242,7 +1242,9 @@ the input, not relative to the @code{c''} in the initial To determine the number of staves in a piece, LilyPond looks at the beginning of the first expression. If there is a single note, there is one staff; if there is a simultaneous expression, there -is more than one staff. +is more than one staff. The following example shows a complex +expression, but as it begins with a single note it will be set +out on a single staff. @lilypond[verbatim,quote] \relative c'' { diff --git a/Documentation/user/tweaks.itely b/Documentation/user/tweaks.itely index 1fcdc521ad..304fe5aa75 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/tweaks.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/tweaks.itely @@ -819,7 +819,8 @@ from arbitrary text strings, which would appear as @code{"a text string"}; for more details about symbols and strings, see @ref{Scheme tutorial}. -The @code{\override} command needed to print the lyrics in italics is: +So we see that the @code{\override} command needed to print the lyrics +in italics is: @example \override LyricText #'font-shape = #'italic