On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 02:29:30PM +0100, Eyolf ?strem wrote: > Ugly, ugly. This is one of my main gripes with LP, this damned freedom of > choice which creeps in everywhere and makes everything more complicated, > not easier, because it blurs one's conception of the syntax.
Well, then: 1) volunteer to do more doc work (ie proofreading the manual) 2) forget about the shortcuts you know (such as omitting the #), and follow the manual exactly. Problem solved. > If the '#' isn't needed, why keep it as the thing one has to learn? For > future compatibility? It reinforces the notion that it's a scheme argument. The # is required for numbers, so having it everywhere (including strings) means that users will be less likely to forget them for numbers. See LM 4.1.4 for a great overview of tweaking, especially the "general syntax of this command", which uses the "#value" format. PS I'm very serious about "forget about the shortcuts you know and follow the manual exactly"; we've done a lot of work to clarify these things, so if you think "oh, I've used lilypond for the past 10 years; I don't need to read the newbie manual", you'll miss a lot of these clarifications. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
