From 825d5cbd9b12d870842c49600ba9db0ac0c3f532 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Percival Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:57:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Reinforce the idea that \override numbers are the result of personal taste. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ Documentation/user/putting.itely | 16 +++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f6e04ae381..db4ddd47f5 100644 --- 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 * input/regression/stem-spacing.ly (Module): remove file. diff --git a/Documentation/user/putting.itely b/Documentation/user/putting.itely index fb276a1b2a..40a2f891cf 100644 --- 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 -- 2.39.5