Re: Easy way of suppessing tuplet numbers?

[Peter Toye]

Hi Kieran,

Thanks again.

>> TupletNumber isn't mentioned in the manuals except that you can change it.

> There are a huge number of references in the
> manuals — for example,
> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/writing-rhythms#tuplets>
> includes a bunch of examples/snippets, and of
> course
> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/internals/tupletnumber>
> gives all of the settings and properties.

True, but nothing here to say how to get rid of it altogether.

>> The manual does say that you can make it transparent but that's not the same as omitting it entirely as it still takes space.

> This section shows how you can omit any layout
> object [including, obviously, a TupletNumber or TupletBracket]:
> <http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/visibility-of-objects#removing-the-stencil>

Ah, yes. I'd missed that bit. Sorry.

>> Neither are \temporary and \undo except in the appendix to the notation manual.

> The section linked above includes \undo.
Agreed.

> \temporary should probably be added to the
> section introducing the \override command(s)…

>> Maybe add a para or two somewhere in the main manual text (with example)?

> As the devs say: “Patches are always welcome!”  ;)

If I knew enough about it, I would contribute.
As it is, as a casual user, I have to re-learn bits every time I need a score.
I appreciate the reasons for not duplicating material between the learning and notation manuals, but it's a pain having to work through two different documents in order to find what is obvious to an experienced user. And I find that some topics aren't always in the obvious (to me) section.

> Cheers,
> Kieren.

All the best,

Peter