Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions

[Alexander Kobel]

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