Re: transposing octaves for a piano part

[Graham Percival]

On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 05:35:55PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> David Rogers <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Steve Downes <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> >> I am finding finding my way round the manuals a bit convoluted at
> >> present & merging info from one section into a script styled on
> >> another very hit & miss. No doubt it will get easier. 
> >
> > The manual is very convoluted, but it probably has to be because
> > Lilypond itself is a large project that does a lot of things, some of
> > which take a bit of explaining.
> 
> I disagree.  Any perceived convolution is likely caused by lots of
> people working on the manual locally whenever they change Lilypond
> around, and working with their personal area of expertise.

I don't agree entirely.  Historically, most perceived convolution
arises from skipping over material in the Learning manual.  This
is particularly true when somebody complains "I can't figure out
where to paste this".

If any confusion arises due to not knowing how to merge info from
different sections, go back and read Learning 3.1 How LilyPond
input files work.  If some part of that chapter is not clear, ask
a question so that we know about the ambiguity and can fix it.

Cheers,
- Graham