On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:20:38AM +0100, Federico Bruni wrote: > Il 31/12/2012 00:52, Reinhold Kainhofer ha scritto: > >On 2012-12-30 23:59, Federico Bruni wrote: > >>In NR 1.2.3, Upbeats: > >> > >>""" > >>So \partial 8 becomes: > >> > >>\time 3/4 > >>\set Timing.measurePosition = #(ly:make-moment -1 8) > >>e8 | a4 c8 b c4 | > >> > >>_The property measurePosition contains a rational number indicating how > >>much of the measure has passed at this point_. Note that this is set to > >>a negative number by the \partial command: i.e., \partial 4 is > >>internally translated to -4, meaning “there is a quarter note left in > >>the measure.” > >>""" > >> > >> > >>IMO the first sentence is a bit confusing. > > > >I agree about confusion, but not in the first sentence, but in the last: > >-4 actually means "it needs one quarter note until the measure even > >starts". (\partial inserts a partial measure 0 before the measure 1, and > >measure 1 is the first measure where counting starts) > > > > Ok, I would say "it needs one quarter note until the _first_ measure > starts" and explain that using a non-negative number would result in > setting the partial measure as measure 1 instead of measure 0.
Thanks for the report, Federico, and to the others for their analysis. Could you collate a well-formed doc enhancement request and post it? Then I can create a tracker for the change. Cheers, Colin. -- Colin Hall Bug Squad _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
