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Re: glossary suggestions from novice


From: Tom Sgouros
Subject: Re: glossary suggestions from novice
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:05:23 -0500

Will do. 

Thanks,

 -Tom

On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 9:42 AM Knute Snortum <ksnortum@gmail.com> wrote:
This sounds like something that should be treated as a possible bug.
Manual changes go in the bug tracker too.  Here's what to do:

https://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html

--
Knute Snortum



On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 6:03 AM Tom Sgouros <tomfool@as220.org> wrote:
>
> Hello all:
>
> I wonder if the "system" entry in the glossary might be enhanced by including the lilypond-specific definition. Currently it reads like this:
>
> "The collection of staves (staff), two or more, as used for writing down keyboard, chamber, choral, or orchestral music; a section of the score spanning the width of a single page."
>
> This seems to imply the word has two meanings, but I think in the context of Lilypond, it has only one. Should it say "a collection of staves that span the width of a single page"? (Is that what a "system" means?) It's not in the technical glossary, either.
>
> Also, there is no entry for "spanner" (also no simple index entry, and not in the technical glossary, either). It does have a section to itself, for those bright enough to use the table of contents, but the index entries only point to it in a fairly indirect way.
>
> Thank you,
>
>  -Tom

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