> -----Original Message----- > From: David Kastrup [mailto:d...@gnu.org] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2020 7:35 AM > To: Daniel Rosen <drose...@gmail.com> > Cc: Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com>; lilypond-user Mailing List > (lilypond-user@gnu.org) <lilypond-user@gnu.org>; David Nalesnik > <david.nales...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: metronome-mark-alignment > > That is entirely my fault. The problem was that there was no > satisfactory/exhaustive explanation of the technicalities surrounding use of # > vs $ that are caused by making LilyPond more powerful than its underlying > implementation and tools strictly allow for. That has side effects, and being > able to think about such side effects requires knowing what one is dealing > with. > > Many manual passages that I wrote up have been significantly rewritten by > people who tend to have human communication at least on par with their > ability of conversing with computers. This one hasn't. I'll readily admit > that it > is bad. It not being there, however, will likely be worse at least for some > readers.
Definitely. And I never meant to imply that it shouldn't be there. > > Of course, it may be that the manual isn't meant to be aimed at a > > complete novice like myself; but if it is, then it definitely needs an > > overhaul. > > Sure, like most of what I write. But there are not many people around for > overhauling. Makes sense. I was just trying to answer Harm's question as honestly as I could. :-)