Re: Notation Reference 1.8 "Text" : ready for review

[Valentin Villenave]

2008/10/3 Steven Padalino <address@hidden>:
> There seems to be a new notation for text that I can't find mention of
> anywhere in the docs yet.  "^" places text above the staff, "_" places it
> below the staff.  Now there's "-".  What does that do?  Based on the
> examples given it looks like it also places text below the staff.  How is it
> different from "_"?

Hi Steven,

Actually, this *is* mentioned in the docs.

I assume you started reading the Text documentation:
http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Writing-text.html#Text-scripts

Such indications may be manually placed above or below the staff,
using the syntax described in Direction and placement.

If you follow the link, you'll find the "-" syntax explained in
"Articulation direction indicators".
http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Direction-and-placement.html#Direction-and-placement

Please tell us if you can see a way to make this piece of information
more visible.

Cheers,
Valentin