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Re: '-signs in vectors - postulated in LM
From: |
Trevor Daniels |
Subject: |
Re: '-signs in vectors - postulated in LM |
Date: |
Tue, 4 Dec 2012 08:53:41 -0000 |
Thomas Morley wrote Monday, December 03, 2012 9:00 PM
Subject: '-signs in vectors - postulated in LM
> Due to the discussion started here:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-12/msg00025.html
> I thought about a patch removing all the superfluous '-signs in
> vectors from the docs.
>
> Starting the work on it, I noticed that the LM explicitly postulates them:
> /Documentation/learning/tweaks.itely
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/learning/visibility-and-color-of-objects
>
> Questions:
> (1)
> Is there an agreement, that the '-signs should be deleted?
Yes; anything that simplifies the syntax for tyros is good in the LM.
> (2)
> If yes, than there is not only need for removing them, but to rewrite
> that section of the LM.
> Should this be done in one patch, or in follow-ups?
With the proviso that the correction I suggested in a recent note is
acceptable to David, include it in this patch.
Thanks
Trevor
Re: '-signs in vectors - postulated in LM,
Trevor Daniels <=