Re: "always specify initial duration within { ... }" ?

[James Lowe]

hello.

Carl Sorensen wrote:

> I don't think that removing the statement that "the default for the first
> note is a quarter note" is a good idea. I think it would be far better to
> add two sentences at the end of the existing paragraph that say "To avoid
> confusion, it is recommended that the first note on every line of the input
> file have an explicit duration.  This convention is followed throughout the
> LilyPond documentation."


Please see

Contributors Guide.

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/contributor/lilypond-formatting#LilyPond-formatting

Regards

James