Sorry, My comment on the manuals was not intended as a critism. I fully understand why it is as it is and the breadth of the subject matter involved. It was just a comment on the difficulty I was having as someone new to the software in linking the various methods & possibilities together to make aworking script. I think the software is amazing & the manual has much to commend it.
Also to have a manual at all, never mind of this breadth & quality is unusual these days. Steve On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 05:16:59PM +0100, Graham Percival wrote: > On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 05:35:55PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > > David Rogers <davidandrewrog...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Steve Downes <st...@kingswayelec.co.uk> writes: > > > > > >> I am finding finding my way round the manuals a bit convoluted at > > >> present & merging info from one section into a script styled on > > >> another very hit & miss. No doubt it will get easier. > > > > > > The manual is very convoluted, but it probably has to be because > > > Lilypond itself is a large project that does a lot of things, some of > > > which take a bit of explaining. > > > > I disagree. Any perceived convolution is likely caused by lots of > > people working on the manual locally whenever they change Lilypond > > around, and working with their personal area of expertise. > > I don't agree entirely. Historically, most perceived convolution > arises from skipping over material in the Learning manual. This > is particularly true when somebody complains "I can't figure out > where to paste this". > > If any confusion arises due to not knowing how to merge info from > different sections, go back and read Learning 3.1 How LilyPond > input files work. If some part of that chapter is not clear, ask > a question so that we know about the ambiguity and can fix it. > > Cheers, > - Graham > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
