Re: Edits to an Official Snippet (Stanza Numbers)

Gabriel Ellsworth <[email protected]> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:12:37 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs
Message-ID <CAHavgtXOmWCZ5rOk4t=3EzWfb9urTgXZFaL-_xhATHQBa4iYew@mail.gmail.com>
Werner LEMBERG wrote:

> >
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.26/Documentation/snippets/vocal-music-_002d-v=
ertically-aligning-stanza-numbers-of-different-staves
> >
> >
> https://wiki.lilypond.community/wiki/Vertically_aligning_stanza_numbers_o=
f_different_staves
> >
> > I noticed two issues:
> >
> >   1. I think that the word should be =E2=80=9Chorizontally=E2=80=9D =E2=
=80=94 not
> >      =E2=80=9Cvertically=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94 in both (a) the snippet tit=
le and (b) the first
> >      sentence of the snippet.
>
> Agreed, and fixed.
>

Thank you, Werner!

>   2. At the first link (on the LilyPond website), the punctuation
> >      looks correct (typographical). But on the Wiki, I see =E2=80=9Cdon=
't=E2=80=9D
> >      [sic] (tick mark) instead of =E2=80=9Cdon=E2=80=99t=E2=80=9D (curl=
y apostrophe). Does
> >      lilypond.org have a feature to render typographical punctuation
> >      that the Wiki lacks?
>
> Yes: in both the HTML and PDF output of Texinfo, ASCII apostrophes in
> the input are automatically converted to typographical apostrophes
> except in typewriter text (more or less).
>

Got it.

Also fixed in the Wiki.
>

Thank you.

The Wiki is extremely slow for me right now, and I can=E2=80=99t load
https://wiki.lilypond.community/wiki/Special:RecentChanges at all.