Good point, but RTFM answers are generally not the most interesting
part of any maillist archive.
Hahah, RTFM is also an acronym, and not by coincidence. It expresses
exactly what I hate in abbreviations. Poor beginner users who really
doesn't know what they want to ask (because they have just a vague
concept of the domain), gets a slap in their face.
I must note however that I strongly disagree with the approach "you must
read the manual first". Honestly, when you buy an house-hold appliance
you first read the manual? I doubt. For making the first cup of coffee
you won't read the manual. Later, when you want to make different kinds
of exotic coffees you will. Though this is a bit off-topic.
and such... as Graham said, it's all about getting used to it;
My point is that lilypond-user reading users won't get used to it. Many
of them are newcomers and beginners. They don't usually follow the
conversations on the list.
Perhaps it's because of my software developer experience, but I am
strongly and seriously against abbreviations and acronyms in any case.
Reading and interpreting abbreviated text needs much more overhead than
what you gain during write time. Not to mention better text editors
where you can define abbreviations thus eliminating write time overhead.
Bert
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