Re: Moving dynamic markings & changing font weight

[Graham Percival]

On 28-Mar-06, at 11:01 PM, Geoff Horton wrote:

> > You're missing an update to the docs that got submitted just after
> > 2.8.0 was released.  :)
> >
> > ----
> > Some situations (such as dynamic marks) have preset font-related
> > properties.  If you are creating text in such situations, it
> > is advisable to cancel those properties with
> > @code{normal-text}.  See @ref{Overview of text markup commands}
> > for more details.
> > ----
> >
> > This was added to the manual to 8.1.3, and I've just added it to 8.1.8
> > as well.
>
> Maybe I'm suffering from a severe case of the stupids, but I can't
> find anything in the docs (in 8.1.3 or 8.1.8) which tells me how to go
> about cancelling the properties with normal-text (or anything else).

Ah, sorry, I was a bit unclear -- or rather, I assumed you had 
knowledge that you didn't have.  When I "update the documentation", I 
make a change to the CVS source tree.  When a new version of lilypond 
is released, the source (for lilypond itself as well as the 
documentation) is compiled, and a new version of the documentation is 
put on the web.  So when I said that this material was submitted right 
after 2.8.0 came out, it means that it won't appear on the web until 
2.8.1 is released.

That's why I sometimes tell people "ok, I've made a few changes; take a 
look when $VERSION+1 comes out" -- they can't see the changes until the 
next version is released, which might be days or a week away.

Regardless of this, you should find info about normal-text in "Overview 
of text markup commands".  (section 8.1.something)

Cheers,
- Graham