Re: Doc: mention empty chords; avoid using zero-duration spacers in examples (issue 6197068)

[Keith OHara]

On Fri, 11 May 2012 00:55:48 -0700, <address@hidden> wrote:

> The decresc can be terminated with a note or rest of any duration,but <>\! can 
> only be used if it happens to fall on a bar line.

..or if the you finish the bar in some other way
   { c2 <>\! r2 } { c2 <>\! s2 }
The <> specifies when to end the hairpin, but LilyPond also wants a reference 
graphical object to know where to end its printing.

I was hoping to keep the text above the example short.  It generalizes : Some 
notations are placed relative to a note head (or rest or bar-line). These may 
be attached to an empty chord, so long as some other input provides the note 
head (or rest or bar-line).


I expected complaints about vocal.itely.  It now avoids the tricky 
zero-length-spacer-rest in favor of a much longer input.  My evidence for the 
longer input being less cryptic is 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2011-10/msg00118.html   The 
documentation for the longer construction is in staff.itely