Re: renaming "vertical spacing inside systems" props

[David Kastrup]

Mark Polesky <address@hidden> writes:

> Guys,
>
> Here are my proposals for renaming the properties related to
> "Vertical spacing inside systems".
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
> I've thought about it, and I think I slightly favor the term
> "loose line" over "non-staff line"; the word "loose" is
> distinctive and much less likely to get tangled up with the
> word "staff" (in the user's head, that is).

Disagree.  A "loose line" in typesetting is one with loose (as opposed
to tight) spacing.

Instead of "loose", I'd prefer "free", "wild", uhm "non-staff",
"unattached" and likely a number of other expressions.  But "loose" is
really misleading.

> CURRENT NAME       PROPOSED NAME       ALTERNATE PROPOSAL
> ------------       -------------       ------------------
> next-staff         staff-staff
> default-next-staff default-staff-staff
>
> inter-staff        loose-staff         [nonstaff-staff]
> inter-loose-line   loose-loose         [nonstaff-nonstaff]
> non-affinity       loose-nonaffinity   [nonstaff-nonaffinity]
>
> between-staff      inside-staffgroup
> after-last-staff   staffgroup-staff

Systematic or not, the new naming scheme gets less descriptive and more
ugly with every iteration.

-- 
David Kastrup