Re: GDP: only 3 weeks left

[Trevor Daniels]

John, you wrote

> I finally begin to find little time to read and proofread post-GDP
> docs, and I especially would like to proofread (not translate right
> now) LM 3: there are  some ends of sentences with cross-references
> which look strangely phrased in Info output, and there are minor
> errors like in 3.3.4 Modifying context properties:
>
> """
> This is one of the reasons why it is highly recommended to use a
> context-sensitive editor with syntax highlighting for editing LilyPond
> input files, such as Vim, Jedit, ConTEXT or Emacs, since unknown
> property names will be highlighted differently.
> """
>
> There is no list of context properties in Emacs and Vim modes, so all
> context properties are highlighted the same way regardless of their
> existence.  Jedit/LilyPondTool doesn't check context properties when
> it highlights them, although you can verify that a context property in
> your source file exists by moving the mouse pointer over the property
> name: if it exists, its docstring appears in a bullet.  I agree it'd
> be nice to check context properties, but until this feature is added
> the sentence above is wrong.

I haven't used Emacs or Vim for editing LilyPond files, so this assertion
was based on comments I'd gleaned, obviously wrongly, from -user.

I -am- familiar with ConTEXT, and its LilyPond highlighter certainly has
a list of all properties, or at least it had when I downloaded it about a
year ago.  The original list would be a little out of date now, but it is
easily edited.  So if a property name is misspelt it is not highlighted.

> Trevor, may I work on LM 3 and push such minor corrections directly to
> Git master?  I think this will be more efficient for than sending a
> list of comments in an email.  Of course I'll send an email for
> general suggestions and before making important changes.

Sure, go ahead.  I prefer you to do it that way.   I'll see your changes
in git, and will comment if I think you've screwed anything up ;)

> Cheers,
> John

Trevor