Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> writes: > Le mardi 31 octobre 2023 à 20:40 +0100, David Kastrup a écrit : > >> > I'm not the OP but that is excellent documentation, save for one word: >> > >> > >> > "In the following example, staves devoted to wind instruments are >> > removed in the second system; however, the double bass is not, >> > because it is part of the larger group of *fretted* strings, which >> > is playing." >> > >> > >> > That larger group in the example consists of Violin I, Violin II, >> > Alto, Cello, Double bass. >> > >> > >> > Nothing to fret about, unless you're in documentation, eh Harm? >> >> I know Harm as a pretty good fretted string instrument player. Probably >> this should just be "strings" which it typically associated with the >> kind of instruments listed there and has the advantage that you don't >> get into trouble for a) pizzicato (which is weird for "bowed strings") >> or b) viol (which is both bowed and fretted and may be used in a string >> section for nostalgically informed practice). > > > Why is the blame being put on Harm here? > > > ``` > commit 8c166ecb8d1049c3c54f0488dbcbe22de6eb6a51 > Author: Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> > Date: il y a 3 ans et 5 mois > > > Add dynamic-interface to keepAliveInterfaces > > This will prevent \Remove[All]EmptyStaves from removing > Dynamics contexts containing dynamics attached to spacer > rests but no actual notes (the standard use case > for a Dynamics context). Also improve the documentation > about \RemoveEmptyStaves and \RemoveAllEmptyStaves. > ``` > > > > (That was my first patch.) > > > Given that I was way less comfortable with English at the time > than I am today, it is possible that I fell into the trap of a > false cognate: the French "cordes frottées" sounds similar to > "fretted strings" but in fact means "bowed strings".
Well, maybe I had the wrong reading of the posts here. Hopefully not the wrong writing. <https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2158> -- David Kastrup
