Re: scheme numeric values

[Graham Percival]

On 9-Mar-06, at 1:19 AM, Erik Sandberg wrote:

> On Thursday 09 March 2006 01.23, Graham Percival wrote:
> > The thickness of the stem is obviously not 2.6 staff-spaces, so what
> > *is* it measured in?  And how do users know whether a number is being
> > measured in staff-spaces or other stuff?
>
> The Fine Manual says (on grob property thickness):

Oops.  I deserved that.  :(

> Some further digging reveals that all thicknesses are supposed to be 
> measured
> in line-thickness, while distances are measured in staff-spaces. This 
> is
> however not true for all properties yet; e.g., the thickness of beams 
> is
> measured in staff-spaces.

OK, thanks.  Added to the docs.
- Graham