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Re: Adds bar line section to LM (Issue 3408) (issue 12724043)


From: Phil Holmes
Subject: Re: Adds bar line section to LM (Issue 3408) (issue 12724043)
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:32:35 +0100

----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Percival" <address@hidden> To: <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: Adds bar line section to LM (Issue 3408) (issue 12724043)


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 08:53:44AM +0000, address@hidden wrote:
On 2013/08/16 08:16:22, mail_philholmes.net wrote:
>> Do we really need to explain how to do special bar lines before
>> explaining accidentals?

>According to mail to -user, yes.  The only reason I did this was
because of
>a request there.

The mail said it seemed strange that there was final bar-line in any
examples in the Learning Manual.

I don't think we need to respond to every single doc suggestion;
often users are unaware of the trade-offs we've chosen or are
particularly focused on their application domain ("why bother with
stuff for singers?  the LM should only be about monophonic music
which is used for strings").

I would be tempted to simply insert \bar "|." into the longer examples
in the LM, with no explanation, so it is there for curious people to
find, and shows them what to look up in the index to learn more.

Either that, or add "alternate bar lines" to 2.4 Final touches.

- Graham

I actually proposed adding a short section in 2.1.1 on July 6th and nobody demurred, which is why I went ahead and did it. The section I've added also clarifies how bar lines are created and the difference from bar checks, which confuses no end of people. And yes, I do think that bars should come before accidentals.

--
Phil Holmes



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