Re: Wish: Page Layout Diagram

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> 
> > address@hidden writes:
> > > Here's a documentation wish list item:  page layout diagrams that show
> > > how things are spaced
> > 
> > What "things" exactly?
> 
> The things I'm referring to are the graphical objects on the page.  A
> diagram showing the objects on the staff (or page) with their names and
> the various properties/variables that affect how they are spaced
> relative to other objects.   


Unfortunately, many placement issues are rather complex, and I can't
see how to illustrate them in a diagram.  However, your idea is still
pretty brilliant, and could be applied for Grob names. See

  
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/input/regression/out-www/collated-files.html#balloon.ly

I'm leaving it to others to create the diagrams that each and every
object.

Volunteers, anyone? 

> > It's an attempt at clarifying all the different property types.
> 
> That looks good.  A minor point:  you mention "scheme style naming" on
> the above page. That's meaningful to me because I'm a programmer.  For a
> person who is not a programmer, it may be worth mentioning that
> scheme-style names use dashes and lower cases letters.  In all fairness
> scheme style naming is described in another part of the manual, but if
> the user hasn't read that, they will be a little fuzzy about this
> particular page. 

Good point; fixed this. 


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