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Possible errors in the documentation


From: Joram Berger
Subject: Possible errors in the documentation
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:15:14 +0100
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Hi,

recently, I noticed some spots in the documentation, where I think that
could be wrong – at least I don't understand why it is documented like that:

1)
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/writing-rhythms#scaling-durations
It is:
  % Scale music by *2
Should it be?
  % Scale music by 1/2
or
  % Divide durations by 2

2)
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/single-voice#chorded-notes
in the last list, the first bullet:
It is:
  y f!
Should it be?
  s f!

3) http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices.html
It is:
  This example maps _four consecutive measures_ to four variables
Should it be?
  four voices? (or 2 consecutive measures?)

4) http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/notation/displaying-staves
Here, it is probably a translation problem:
GregorianTranscriptionStaff shows an ordinary Staff, but the German text
says there should be not staff lines (Notenlinien). The English
documentation is consistent: It does not show _bar_ lines (Taktstriche).
(Btw. is that the only difference?)

5)
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/learning/modifying-context-properties.de.html
This concerns the German translation:
At this page (and some others I couldn't find again), the English
expression "real" or "real number" is translated as "reale Zahl", which
I've never heard before. In my opinion it must be "relle Zahl".

Is there a better/preferred way than the developers list to bring up
issues like that?

Cheers,
Joram



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