Re: Shape of individual ties in chords

[James]

On 24/01/14 09:22, Simon Bailey wrote:
> hi,
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Richard Shann <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Thanks for this - while playing around with it I noticed the mysterious
> > synatx q that appears. I tried looking this up in the two indices
> > without success. It causes a syntax error after a note but repeats a
> > chord when placed after a chord. I wonder what exactly it is all about
> > and why I can't find it documented...
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/single-voice#chord-repetition
>
> there's a few things which are only documented in the learning manual. :)
Actually I would change that last sentence to read:

There's a few things which are not documented in the Learning Manual.

And this is a deliberate decision. If not, it's still a good decision.

I don't see q as being needed in  the Learning Manual as a good thing; 
apart from all the discussion how 'q' is a rather arbitrary 'command' - 
why 'q'? what does 'q' stand for etc., not knowing q doesn't lose you 
any functionality (i.e. there is nothing that q does that you cannot 
already do with the 'correct' syntax) but there are limitations using q 
- which are/should be documented in the Notation Reference.

As to the quote:

there's a few things which are only documented in the learning manual. :)


That implies that we're missing things in the NR that shoudl be in 
there. If so then let the list know (address@hidden) and that can 
be fixed.

Thanks

James