On Aug 16, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Patrick Horgan wrote:
Kieren MacMillan wrote:
The last time I checked Mutopia, I was shocked by the (low) quality
of the coding. =(
I personally would never suggest that anyone use any Mutopia file
I've seen as an example/template.
How about the O Magnum Mysterium that I just re-did and contributed
back to Mutopia? <grin;>
I don't want tutorial-newbies trying to figure out what
parts of a real piece to delete in order to get a basic template.
Um... the notes only, just like now?
Kieren.
<LOL> I would like real songs, they don't all have to be
complicated, but complicated enough to demonstrate whatever the
template is trying to do.
Patrick
As a decidedly non-professional user of Lilypond and appreciative
contributer to Mutopia, my perspective somewhat different. Since my
first real effort with Lilypond (v2.0.1), Mutopia has often provided
me with the answer to a problem I had been unable to solve despite
reading the documentation and searching user lists. This is probably
more an indictment of my reading skills than of the documentation.
I would certainly not hold up my meager contributions as examples of
quality coding; however, I never understood Mutopia to have a such a
requirement. I, and presumably all other contributers to Mutopia, am
guilty at worst of wanting to share music which I found interesting.
Lilypond, as it has evolved, made that possible.
That said, the current work on documentation is wonderful and
exciting. And yes, I can see value in providing complete examples.
They can help those of us who are less technically gifted to find
answers, just as I was helped in the early years of Mutopia and early
versions of Lilypond.
Regards,
Stan
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