2.3.22 Tips and Tricks

[Hans Forbrich]

Just compiled 2.3.22 on my SuSE 8.2 system.  Generally a clean install and 
output looks good for my purposes.  

Some comments about the Tips and Tricks output:

1) The online web version does not inline the images, but has a link instead.  
Good idea, but the link points to the source, not the image.

(All remaining comments about the one I've built here.)

2) bar-lines.ly shows the proposed bar line as markup.  The markup is a bit 
low, and the 'period' in |. is almost swallowed by the top of staff.  I'd 
recommend raising the markup by 1 unit.

3) The box for bar-number-regular-interval.ly is oddly shaped - the bottom 
line is roughly half way up the sides instead of the bottom.

4) Not sure whether it's intentional, but the box around the stem in 
boxed-stencil.ly ends on the ledger line.  You might want to change to the 
note to a 'B' or 'D' to highlight the box being completed. 

5) (IMO) The engraver-one-by-one tip deserves a pointer back to the main 
documentation as it forms the basis for one of the more interesting 
fundemental concepts in Lilypond.

6) Every example of ossia I have seen shows the ossia staff at least 1 size 
smaller.  Any chance of adding that to ossia.ly?

Again, thanks to the Lilypond team for a phenomenal work of art!

/Hans

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