From 7f7f78326a8dd2c0824b4ea4438f4f04479e4524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Percival Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:48:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] De-gender the last few places. --- ChangeLog | 2 ++ Documentation/user/introduction.itely | 10 +++++----- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 9a4e46d5f2..0465338287 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ * Documentation/user/music-glossary.tely: de-gender a few entires. + * Documentation/user/introduction.itely: de-gender a few sentences. + 2004-09-13 Mats Bengtsson * input/regression/rehearsal-mark-number.ly: Reuse the existing diff --git a/Documentation/user/introduction.itely b/Documentation/user/introduction.itely index b9570303f2..4fa7be9597 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/introduction.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/introduction.itely @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ inked, the depressions caused by the cutting and stamping would hold ink. An image was formed by pressing paper to the plate. The stamping and cutting was completely done by hand. Making a correction was cumbersome, if possible at all, so the engraving had to be perfect -in one go. Engraving was a highly specialized skill, a craftsman had -to complete around five years of training before she could -be a master engraver, and another five years of experience were +in one go. Engraving was a highly specialized skill; a craftsman had +to complete around five years of training before earning the title of +master engraver, and another five years of experience were necessary to become truly skilled. Nowadays, all newly printed music is produced with computers. This @@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ may seem academical. 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 the musician looks away once or has a lapse in her -concentration, she will have lost her place on the page. +labyrinth. If a musician looks away once or has a lapse in +concentration, they might lose their place on the page. Similarly, the strong visual look of bold symbols on heavy staff lines stands out better when music is far away from reader, for example, if -- 2.39.5