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Re: Doc: NR accidental styles (issue4149045)


From: percival . music . ca
Subject: Re: Doc: NR accidental styles (issue4149045)
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:23:44 +0000


http://codereview.appspot.com/4149045/diff/6001/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely
File Documentation/notation/pitches.itely (right):

http://codereview.appspot.com/4149045/diff/6001/Documentation/notation/pitches.itely#newcode2313
Documentation/notation/pitches.itely:2313: signs.  For example, a
natural is printed before a C-sharp
On 2011/02/09 09:37:16, Keith wrote:
I thought about making the @lilyponds above show this effect, but they
are
already quite information-dense.
'Extra' naturals come up relatively rarely, and the choice to print
them /can/
be made independently from the accidental-style, so it seems best to
mention
them in a separate paragraph.

I disagree.  Please alter the above examples -- it's really easy to
misunderstand a textual description of accidentals, especially if
English is your second or third language.  "show, don't tell".

http://codereview.appspot.com/4149045/diff/6001/Documentation/snippets/dodecaphonic-style-accidentals-for-each-note-including-naturals.ly
File
Documentation/snippets/dodecaphonic-style-accidentals-for-each-note-including-naturals.ly
(left):

http://codereview.appspot.com/4149045/diff/6001/Documentation/snippets/dodecaphonic-style-accidentals-for-each-note-including-naturals.ly#oldcode2
Documentation/snippets/dodecaphonic-style-accidentals-for-each-note-including-naturals.ly:2:
% generated from Documentation/snippets/new
This file is auto-generated from D/s/n.  Have you removed it from there?

http://codereview.appspot.com/4149045/



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