RE: text first draft

[Trevor Daniels]

Graham Percival asked on 03 November 2007 06:57
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> Text
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> REWRITE
> - overview of text entry: rename?  Also, fill in.
>       - or possibly delete it?

A real-life example would be good to encourage the
reader to go further, and convince him the solution
to his particular problem will be found here.
It is a difficult section, and encouragement is
needed.

> - text scripts: for the love of $DEITY, change
> the first example.

Yes, see comment above

>    \fatText goes into @commonprop

There should be a distinction between simple
commands like this and the more arcane overrides
which expose scheme and LP internals.  The former
are fine in the main text; the latter should be
in @commonprop.

> - text spanners: is there any easier way to do
> this?  Ask about
>    making a special scheme command to simply this?
> - text and line spanners: too much programmer doc-writing.
>    Rewrite the whole thing.

Agreed.  Should be oriented to musical requirements.

> And move to a
> different section.
>    ... actually, what's the point of this
> section?  Shouldn't it be
>    in Text spanners?
>    ... actually^2, isn't the first part dealing
> with glissandi?!

Yes; move it.
>
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
Trevor D
>