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Re: Changing volta number text
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Kieren MacMillan |
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Re: Changing volta number text |
Date: |
Tue, 18 May 2021 15:34:54 -0400 |
Hi Ralph,
> I have to admit, after learning from you that the documentation is accurate,
> and spending some time examining the various examples in the documentation, I
> think I could achieve what I want. It takes some real effort, and I think it
> would be difficult for someone who has little experience with LilyPond. And
> isn't that the point of the documentation?
Absolutely. My comment was meant as a [gentle] criticism of the documentation,
not of you or other users. Even if it explicitly pointed out that one needs to
*not use* the \repeat volta command, that would be [more] helpful!
> I think it would be helpful to include an appropriate example in the manual
> repeat marks section of the documentation.
Given that the combination of the first three examples at
<https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/notation/long-repeats#manual-repeat-marks>
is sufficient to solve your example, and the fourth example is almost exactly
what you needed, what would a more appropriate example look like? Would that be
in addition to the existing examples, or as a replacement to one of them?
The sheer size of the Lilypond docs is already pretty overwhelming; just adding
more examples won’t necessarily make it easier for users.
> I guess I'll make a note of the solution!
Some syntactic sugar might be nice… I could imagine a function that took a list
of string+moment pairs and “unfolded” a volta automagically. If my life ever
calms down, maybe I’ll give that a try.
Best,
Kieren.
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