Re: Reading the LM

[Trevor Daniels]

Jonathan

Thanks for your comments.  For the present you
can continue sending them to this list.  An
editor can easily pick them from here.  See
below for my responses.

Trevor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Wilkes" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 7:36 PM
Subject: Reading the LM


> Hello,
>    Since the new LM looks so good, I've decided to take another 
> attempt
> at learning (and regularly using) lilypond for my scores.
>    Two questions:
>    1. I'm making errata as I go (using version 2.13.2).  Yahoo 
> isn't
> letting me attach files for some reason, so here's an example:
>
> 1.1 Background
> 6th paragraph
> "so nitpicking about typographical details may seem academical."
> to
> "so nitpicking typographical details may seem academic."

I'll fix it, thanks.

> It's not as verbose as the example given on the website for 
> changes to
> documentation.  But is this format clear? Also, should I just post
> everything on the list when I'm done, or send it to someone 
> directly?

Perfectly clear.

> 2.  In 2.2.6, partial measures and gracenotes are covered.  In the 
> previous
> chapter, autobeaming is covered.  Put them all together and, wham!
> A partial measure starting with a gracenote turns off autobeaming, 
> even
> if it's explicitly turned on:
>
> \relative c' {
> \key c \minor
> \partial 8
> \grace ais8
> b8
> \autoBeamOn
> c d ees f g aes bes c
> }
>
> I saw one archived message about this, but no replies, and I 
> couldn't
> find it listed as a bug on the google code page.  Should this be 
> added
> to the list of bugs, or am I overlooking something?

Placing grace notes at the start of a piece
causes all sorts of problems, most of them
well known.  There are warnings in the main
documentation, the Notation Reference.

I'm not sure what should be done in the Learning
Manual.  Maybe grace notes should not be mentioned
at all there.  Comments from others appreciated.

> Thanks, and looking forward to getting deeper into using Lilypond,

Thank you - looking forward to more comments.

> -Jonathan

Trevor