[flup set] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Chris Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > gramatically and stylishly -> grammatically and stylishly > > Actually, I mean "grammatically and stylistically". Also on >
ok. > * http://lilypond.org/web/download/getting-started.html, > > "(double click the "GNU LilyPond" or "Cygwin" icon)" > AIUI there is no GNU LilyPond icon (was there in the past?), and if someone > is getting started, then they will not have renamed the cygwin icon to > Lilypond yet. I don't know. The last time I installed the windows version is almost two years ago. Jan? > cywgin -> Cygwin > > Also I'm wondering whether there should be more detailed instructions for > getting started on Windows. A friendly introduction, pitched at the > ordinary musician who might be a complete command-line, non-GUI newbie. The > recent help messages on the mailing list made me consider that Lilypond does > sometimes scare such people away, when they'd actually be OK if they took > some time to climb the learning curve. I realise that we have to draw the > line somewhere with the hand-holding, but I think the (Windows users do > this) bits on "Getting started" may be slightly too terse. I would be happy > to write such a document, but I'm not sure yet how it would integrate with > the rest of the "Getting started" instructions. I dunno. I suppose that a special "windows" getting started has some merit, but the most important thing is that it is short. If it is longer than a screen-full or (say) seven steps, people will think that it is too complicated and move on. We could easily point to the windows getting-started from the windows download page. To combat the learning curve, I think that it would be better to write a simple program, where you can drag & drop a .ly file, which is then processed. If successful, either the PDF is put on the screen, or a window with error messages would be shown. My hunch is that such a mechanism comes more natural to Windows users. (not that I'm volunteering to write it, though) -- Han-Wen Nienhuys | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen _______________________________________________ Lilypond-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
