2015-04-22 12:21 GMT+02:00 James Harkins <jamshar...@qq.com>: > Even after a few years of using LP, it's still kind of a mindf... erm, > mind-blower that notes appear close together in the score but they may be > written in widely separated locations in the LP code. I'm used to > programming and it's slightly bizarre even to me. For a musician who just > wants to lay out a nice string arrangement, "viola bar 37 is on line 254, > but cello bar 37 is on line 401???" What I'm saying is not just about > usability. It's that LP's input structure goes against the way music lives > in our heads -- meaning that LP's user base can include only those who are > willing to adapt to an unfamiliar way of thinking for the sake of the > better output.
I agree, but splitting the editor view can help. You probably know it already, but I guess that many new users will ignore this possibility. I meant to suggest adding some editor tips in the Usage manual.. one year ago (time flies..): https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2014-04/msg00676.html I've just added an issue to the tracker: https://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=4352
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