Re: renaming "vertical spacing inside systems" props

[Keith E OHara]

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:04:06 -0700, <address@hidden> wrote:

> Mark Polesky wrote Friday, October 29, 2010 11:27 PM
>
> > I've thought about it, and I think I slightly favor the term
> > "loose line" over "non-staff line"
[...]
>  Also loose-staff-spacing sounds
> too much like something that gives staves a loose spacing
> (rather than a tight spacing) to anyone coming to this for the
> first time.

Thanks for doing this, Mark.

It seems you want a one-word _noun_, to refer to either a line of lyrics and a 
line of dynamics, in the limited context of its placement relative to the 
neighboring staffs, and similar lines of lyrics/dynamics.

Simply 'line' ?

Remember the user cannot see why they are called "loose"  -- maybe indirectly 
in the way these lines are placed in a second step after the staff lines, but the docs 
about that second step do not use the word 'loose'.

The visible difference from regular staffs is that lyrics/dynamics have an 
affinity.  They are attached, in their spacing behavior, to one a parent staff, 
or centered between two parent staffs, and negotiate with their siblings for 
space.
-
Keith