Hi Graham (et al),
For the record, **I have never recommended that somebody use
lilypond**. When meeting a technically-oriented composer
Ah! That's your problem right there... I recommend Lilypond all the
time, but primarily to AESTHETICALLY-oriented composers.
In my experience, most composers under the age of 30 are sufficiently
"technically-oriented" to handle Lilypond syntax (ex: of the 20
composers in my third Colorado seminar, all but 3 claimed to have had
"computer programming experience", and 2 of the 3 that didn't were
graduate students older than 30). IM(NS)HO, the *only* reason to
enthusiastically recommend Lilypond is its output: for 95+% of the
population, it's an inferior engraving experience (i.e., high
learning curve and no GUI), but the difference in output quality is
so great that it justifies my fevered evangelism.
That's why I cringe a bit whenever I hear people proudly announcing
that they advertized lilypond to meeting X or conference Y.
Not only does announcing Lilypond to meeting X or conference Y (which
I do all the time) help spread the word — ex: of the 20 Colorado
composers, only 1 had even heard of Lilypond prior to the session —
but there's a chance [slim, I admit] that one or more of those
attendees might have the skill and interest to improve Lilypond.
- approximately 300 *known* bugs that produce garbage output that
nobody's working on. (there's about 10-15 bugs that people are
working on)
I'd love to see CodaMusic's bug list. ;)
The new website is better than the old one;
I don't think we need any more advocacy than that.
-1
Not only do I think that the new website [design] is not particularly
attractive — which, to most visitors, means the product must be
similarly unattractive — but *no* product survives on a website
alone, no matter how sexy the CSS.
We really could use 5-10 times the amount of developer-effort if
we're serious about it.
+1 (or maybe +2).
Kieren.
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