From e75771024a9e102ced3c68e563a2148d45419093 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hjunes Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:51:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * Documentation/user/{introduction.itely,refman.itely, converters.itely}: fix some text inside parentheses; text should be readable (even) if parentheses are either replaced with commas or dropped out. --- ChangeLog | 7 +++++++ Documentation/user/converters.itely | 2 +- Documentation/user/introduction.itely | 4 ++-- Documentation/user/refman.itely | 18 +++++++++--------- 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 6fb3b6f561..285e2dd643 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2004-01-26 Heikki Junes + + * Documentation/user/{introduction.itely,refman.itely, + converters.itely}: fix some text inside parentheses; text should + be readable (even) if parentheses are either replaced with commas + or dropped out. + 2004-01-25 Werner Lemberg * buildscripts/lilypond.words.py, input/puer-fragment.ly, diff --git a/Documentation/user/converters.itely b/Documentation/user/converters.itely index f61fac2a79..d0d70609ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/converters.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/converters.itely @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ distribution. pmx2ly cannot parse more recent PMX files. @cindex Musedata @cindex CCARH -Musedata (@uref{http://www.musedata.org/}) is an electronic library of +Musedata (see @uref{http://www.musedata.org/}) is an electronic library of classical music scores, currently comprising about 800 composition dating from 1700 to 1825. The music is encoded in so-called Musedata format. musedata2ly converts a set of musedata files to one .ly file, diff --git a/Documentation/user/introduction.itely b/Documentation/user/introduction.itely index f52b1fe6ee..22ff44c216 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/introduction.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/introduction.itely @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ placing symbols such that the result looks pleasing. Common music notation is a system of recording music that has evolved over the past 1000 years. The form that is now in common use, dates -from the early renaissance. Although, the basic form (note heads on a +from the early renaissance. Although, the basic form (i.e. note heads on a 5-line staff) has not changed, the details still change to express the innovations of contemporary notation. Hence, it encompasses some 500 years of music. Its applications range from monophonic melodies to @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ And the @code{Stem_engraver} adds stems: @end lilypond The @code{Stem_engraver} is notified of any note head coming along. -Every time one (or more, for a chord) note heads is seen, a stem +Every time one (or more, for a chord) note head(s) is seen, a stem object is created, and attached to the note head. By adding engravers for beams, slurs, accents, accidentals, bar lines, diff --git a/Documentation/user/refman.itely b/Documentation/user/refman.itely index 66eef429e6..88f621bd4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/refman.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/refman.itely @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ can be forced by adding an exclamation mark @code{!} after the pitch. A cautionary accidental @cindex cautionary accidental @cindex parenthesized accidental -(an accidental within parentheses) can be obtained by adding the +(i.e. an accidental within parentheses) can be obtained by adding the question mark `@code{?}' after the pitch: @lilypond[fragment,verbatim] @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ notating exactly the same concept: \time 3/4 c'2. c'2 ~ c'4 @end lilypond If you need to tie a lot of notes over bars, it may be easier to use automatic -note splitting (See @ref{Automatic note splitting}). +note splitting (see @ref{Automatic note splitting}). @refcommands @@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ Here, @var{BE} is the symbol @code{begin} or @code{end}. It determines whether the rule applies to begin or end-points. The quantity @var{P}/@var{Q} refers to the length of the beamed notes (and `@code{* *}' designates notes of any length), @var{N}/@var{M} refers to a time -signature (wildcards, `@code{* *}' may be entered to designate all time +signature (wildcards `@code{* *}' may be entered to designate all time signatures). For example, if automatic beams should end on every quarter note, use @@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ example, automatic beams can only end on a dotted quarter note: @end example In 4/4 time signature, this means that automatic beams could end only on 3/8 and on the fourth beat of the measure (after 3/4, that is 2 times -3/8 has passed within the measure). +3/8, has passed within the measure). Rules can also be restricted to specific time signatures. A rule that should only be applied in @var{N}/@var{M} time signature is formed by @@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ For finger changes, use markup texts: @cindex subscript You can use the thumb-script to indicate that a note should be -played with the thumb. (used in cello music): +played with the thumb (e.g. in cello music): @lilypond[verbatim, singleline, fragment] 8(_\thumb )_\thumb @@ -2790,7 +2790,7 @@ the full name or the abbreviation may be used in input files. To typeset the music on a staff apply the function @code{drums->paper} to the percussion music. This function takes a list of percussion -instrument names, notehead scripts and staff positions (that is: +instrument names, notehead scripts and staff positions (i.e. pitches relative to the C-clef) and transforms the input music by moving the pitch, changing the notehead and (optionally) adding a script: @@ -3510,7 +3510,7 @@ an unslurred group of notes to be a melisma, then insert @end lilypond In addition, notes are considered a melisma if they are manually -beamed, and automatic beaming (See @ref{Setting automatic beam +beamed, and automatic beaming (see @ref{Setting automatic beam behavior}) is switched off. The criteria for deciding melismata can be tuned with the property @code{melismaBusyProperties}. See @internalsref{Melisma_engraver} for more information. @@ -8446,7 +8446,7 @@ stretchable distances (``springs'') of differing lengths. Longer durations get more space, shorter durations get less. The shortest durations get a fixed amount of space (which is controlled by @code{shortest-duration-space} in the @internalsref{SpacingSpanner} object). -/The longer the duration, the more space it gets: doubling a +The longer the duration, the more space it gets: doubling a duration adds a fixed amount (this amount is controlled by @code{spacing-increment}) of space to the note. @@ -8459,7 +8459,7 @@ c8 c4 c4 c4 Normally, @code{shortest-duration-space} is set to 1.2, which is the width of a note head, and @code{shortest-duration-space} is set to -2.0, meaning that the shortest note gets 2 NHW (2 times +2.0, meaning that the shortest note gets 2 NHW (i.e. 2 times @code{shortest-duration-space}) of space. For normal notes, this space is always counted from the left edge of the symbol, so the shortest notes are generally followed by one NHW of space. -- 2.39.5