Re: white text on black background

[Graham Percival]

On 15-Feb-06, at 11:36 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote:

> Quoting Marius Amado Alves <address@hidden>:
> > \filled-box xext (pair of numbers) yext (pair of numbers) blot 
> > (number)
> >   Draw a box with rounded corners of dimensions xext and yext.
>
> I'd rather propose to say something like:
>
> \filled-box xext (pair of numbers) yext (pair of numbers) blot (number)
>  Draw a box with rounded corners of dimensions xext and yext, where
>  blot is the roundness of the box corners.
>  Example:
>    \filled-box #'(-.3 . 1.8) #'(-.3 . 1.8) #0
>  which gives a box extending horizontally from -0.3 to 1.8 and
>  vertically from -0.3 up to 1.8, with sharp corners.
>
> Which is shorter and, at least in my opinion, just as informative.

I'd change the ending from ", with sharp corners" to ", with corners 
formed from a circle of diameter 0 (ie sharp corners)".  Other than 
that, I agree that the same information is conveyed in fewer words.  
I'll update the docs.

> Every single distance related parameter in LilyPond is specified
> in units of staff spaces, so that information cannot be repeated
> everywhere!

I agree... but I'm not certain that we define "units of staff space" 
anyway.  I'm looking for a good place right now.

Cheers,
- Graham