Re: NR appendices D and E are confusing

[Trevor Bača]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 7:11 AM Mats Bengtsson <matsboxergrand@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> On 2024-12-19 21:52, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> >>> We’d definitely need more opinions, especially from folks like
> >>> Werner who have worked on the docs/appendices a lot, as well as
> >>> from users: how do they feel about it? How much do they use which
> >>> index?
> > I use Appendix E only.
> >
> >> While people are thinking, what do you think about the idea that
> >> contents of indices aren't supposed to overlap? (Maybe flip to the
> >> back of a few actual books here to check?)
> > I very much dislike that.  We use different fonts (via different
> > indexing commands) to provide a clear distinction between concepts and
> > commands, and LilyPond's clean naming schemes for properties, context,
> > engravers, etc., should additionally help a user to find the stuff he
> > or she needs.
> >
> > Looking into one of the most complicated books regarding indices, the
> > new, third edition of the 'LaTeX companion', I see that it has only a
> > single index (with both concepts and commands) – this two-volume book
> > has in total about 1500 pages (not counting the indices), and the
> > index is about 150 pages.
>
> Actually the same book came to my mind, when this email thread appeared.
> The full title of the index in that book is "Index of Commands and
> Concepts", which is a title that would make sense also for our App. E.


Two more examples.

An orchestration textbook:

Appendix A: List of Foreign Names for Instruments and Orchestral Terms
Appendix B: Ranges of Instruments
Bibliography
Index

A harmony textbook:

Appendix A: Instrumental Ranges and Transpositions
Appendix B: Lead-Sheet Symbols
Appendix C: Set Class List
Appendix D: Answers to Self-Tests
Index of Music Examples
Subject Index

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