Re: [PATCH] Doc: LM: Reformat ly code.

[Trevor Daniels]

Graham Percival wrote Wednesday, May 05, 2010 3:51 PM
> On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 10:19:52AM -0700, Mark Polesky wrote:
> > Trevor Daniels wrote:
> > > A brief description of bar checks in 1.2.2 Working on
> > > input files would be good.  I think bar checks are at
> > > least as important as a \version statement, which is
> > > mentioned there.
> >
> > I think a better place would be in a new @subsection at the
> > top of 2.1 "Single staff notation", just before 2.1.1
> > "Accidentals and key signatures".  Here's my proposed text:
>
> Eh?!  You think this is more important than accidentals, ties, and
> articulation?  To me, this looks like prime 2.4 Final touches
> material.

It's nothing to do with being more important; it's so
bar checks can be used in those examples.

> If we need it for 2.3 Songs... which I suppose we should do...
> then I'd put it as either the last item inside 2.1.6 Advanced
> rhythmic commands,

That would be rather silly ...

> or as a new 2.1.7.

I suppose this would do, as long as the previous examples
didn't include bar checks.

But I still prefer my original suggestion - in 1.2 How to write
input files - where all the other hints and conventions are
introduced.

Trevor