Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca> writes: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 08:33:11AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: >> Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > I am very surprised that so many of the LilyPond users are composers! >> > I was quite sure that Lily is mostly suited for engravers and editors. >> >> Well, what would you call it if you are practicing musician using >> Lilypond for putting down your own arrangements and work scores? > > There's no guarantee that people are doing their own arrangements, > though. Somebody engraving an urtext Beethoven piano sonata for > Mutopia wouldn't be a "composer".
Granted. >> It's like saying "I am very surprised that so many word processor >> users are writers rather than editors and publishers". What else but >> writing would you be using the program for, even though you may not >> make a professional living from it? > > "I am very surprised that so many typewriter operators (in the 1930s > or 50s) are writers rather than secretaries" ? There's a difference > between using a tool and using a tool creatively. I should be surprised if most secretaries work by dictation only. > According to old movie and stuff [1], there used to be a whole > occupation called wherein people (generally females) would collect > text verbally and then produce a type-written version. Typists, sure. But that's different from being a secretary. Hospital doctors still commonly use dictation devices over here. > [1] this was far earlier than my time, but we probably have some > people on this list who remember those "good old days". Remember when > a "calculator" meant a human being? :) Stanisław Lem comes to mind. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
