Re: \octave check: first check, second check

[Graham Percival]

Ah, I get it now.  Thanks, Mats.  The problem is that the basic 
explanation
of \octave morphs into a discussion of the specific example in the same
sentence.  I've split them into separate paragraphs and added more text
in CVS.
- Graham

On 9-Sep-04, at 1:56 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> Since you haven't received any answer yet, I dare give it a try
> even though Graham wants to save my time. I think what's mainly
> missing in the text is a "in the example below", i.e. the first
> and second checks refer to the specific example given.
>
>    /Mats
>
> Graham Percival wrote:
> > Hi guys, your friendly Doc Editor here again.  Can somebody other 
> > than Han, Jan,
> > or Mats answer this?   (not that I have anything against you guys; I 
> > just don't want
> > to bother you with this and get more people involved in writing the 
> > manual.  :)
> > Could somebody explain this part of the manual?
> > ---    (from 5.2.2, Octave check)
> > There is also a syntax that is separate from the notes. The syntax
> >      \octave pitch
> >  This checks that pitch (without quotes) yields pitch (with quotes) 
> > in \relative mode. If not, a warning is printed, and the octave is 
> > corrected, for example, the first check is passed successfully. The 
> > second check fails with an error message. The octave is adjusted so 
> > the following notes are in the correct octave once again.
> >      \relative c' {
> >        e
> >        \octave a'
> >        \octave b'
> >      }
> > ---
> > Specifically, what's the "first check", "second check" business?  I 
> > don't use
> > \octave, and I can't understand the second paragraph, so I'm hoping
> > somebody can clarify this.
> > Cheers,
> > - Graham
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