Re: docs

[Mats Bengtsson]

Graham Percival wrote:
> On 30-Aug-05, at 3:38 AM, Hans de Rijck wrote:
> > 6.5.1 Articulations
> >
> > In the chart showing all scripts available, can there be some spacing
> > between the words, they are now almost impossible to decipher, for 
> > example
> > the third line reads:
> >    rheelltoertoeopenstoppedturnreverseturn
>
>
> I'm accepting suggestions.  This example is created from 
> input/test/script-chart.ly ;
> the names are done as lyrics.  How can you space out lyrics ?

According to the documentation, you might get the impression that
      \override Score.LyricText  #'word-space = #2
should do the job, but it seems that word-space doesn't affect
the spacing between lyrics syllables. Bug!?


> > 6.5.3 Dynamics
> >
> > Please add a line how to get dynamics aligned. It's now very implicit.
>
>
> Please tell me how to.  :)
>
> > What I mean is, your example
> >     c\< c\! d\> e\!
> > leads to a crescendo and a decrescendo that don't align (very ugly!).
> > If you do a small concession and write:
> >     c\< c\! \> d e\!
> > they are perfectly aligned. Of course it would be better if you could 
> > order
> > lilypond to automatically align dynamics, but we can't have it all.
>
>
> I'm reluctant to do this, because it has a different musical meaning (ie 
> the
> decresc starts on the c, not the d).  Currently the manual example 
> demonstrates
> the way lilypond handles most cresc/decresc.  I think the best way to
> handle this is to improve lilypond's cresc handling, as Trevor suggested.

Maybe we should at least describe the current mechanism, namely that
all dynamics (absolute or (de)crescendi) that occur at or begin or end 
at one and the same note  will be vertically aligned.

    /Mats