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From: | Alexander Kobel |
Subject: | Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions |
Date: | Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:41:51 +0200 |
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On 2010-10-13 00:20, Wols Lists wrote:
On 12/10/10 14:02, Kieren MacMillan wrote:Hi James, [...] If Lilypond users are confused because they don't have an understanding of that basic and universal terminology, they should read (1) some engraving books, and (2) the Lilypond introductory documentation.3) Take a basic music theory course. For a musician to get that wrong is as seriously incompetent [...]
On 2010-10-12 15:24, Trevor Daniels wrote:
I'm afraid you're showing your ignorance as a musician. System and score are not synonomous. [...]
Come on, guys, calm down. First, not everybody's a native speaker, and even if they are or know the terms, score-system-spacing is confusing at the first glance. After all, the user might think: My scores consist of systems - why should I specify a distance between the system and the score it is in? Ah, okay, it probably means the spacing between different systems in a score. Well, bang, you're dead - wrong conclusion drawn. I'd understand this way of reasoning if somebody only sees the name of the variable without further explanation, and thus I see James' point. But really, the logic "upper object - lower object" is simple enough to explain in one sentence, and if the user reads it, he should be fine.
Cheers, Alexander
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