On Jun 7, 19:46, Chris Sawer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 05-Jun-99 Adrian Mariano wrote:
> >> metre = "Metre"; (Usually used on hymns - I'll also add this to the
> >> table of information that comes up when searching for music)
> >
> > It would probably be wise to support both spellings here. I'm sure
> > that people accustomed to USA spellings will write "meter" at some
> > point, so you may as well avoid trouble by recognizing both (or by
> > picking a different word that only has one spelling).
>
> It's ly2dvi that determines how things are spelt and it uses "metre".
> There's not a lot I can do about this but I will put a note on the page
> to draw Americans' attention to the spelling.
>
I speculate that this deficiency in ly2dvi can be fixed easily.
Perhaps this suffices? (I didn't test it....just guessing).
*** titledefs.tex~ Tue Sep 15 13:22:43 1998
--- titledefs.tex Mon Jun 7 19:55:11 1999
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*** 36,41 ****
--- 36,42 ----
\newcommand*{\mudelaopus}[1]{\def\theopus{#1}}
\newcommand*{\mudelapiece}[1]{\def\thepiece{#1}}
\newcommand*{\mudelametre}[1]{\def\themetre{#1}}
+ \newcommand*{\mudelameter}[1]{\def\themetre{#1}}
\newcommand*{\mudelapoet}[1]{\def\thepoet{#1}}
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