> -----Original Message----- > From: Janek Warchoł [mailto:janek.lilyp...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 12:58 PM > To: Daniel Rosen > Cc: LilyPond Users; Jan Nieuwenhuizen; David Kastrup; Urs Liska; Noeck; > Kieren MacMillan; Joseph Wakeling; Benjamin CL; Richard Shann > Subject: Re: improving LilyPond useability > > Hi Daniel, > > (sorry for delayed reply - so many emails flying around...) > > 2013/12/2 Daniel Rosen <drose...@gmail.com>: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Janek Warchoł [mailto:janek.lilyp...@gmail.com] I've created a > >> "Quick-start" tutorial some time ago - my choir colleagues used it > >> when crowd-typesetting "Dixit Dominus". It's only > >> 6 pages long and covers nearly all basic notation elements than a > >> beginner would need - but it's not just a cheat-sheet: it introduces > >> and teaches how to use Lily. Add to that 3 pages explaining how to > >> write basic structure and we'd have something that gives an easy (but > >> complete enough) introduction to LilyPond in half an hour (as opposed > >> to 2 days of reading and heavy thinking for the Learning manual). > > > > Sounds awesome. > > > >> I'd be more than happy to share this tutorial and translate it, but i > >> don't have time to lead an effort to incorporate it in our docs. So, > >> if someone wants to take responsibility for this, i'll help, but > >> without support this will not work out! > > > > I would definitely be willing to help with this, but I’m afraid that > > my skill set may be too limited to take the lead--in particular, I > > don't speak any languages well enough to translate them into English > without resorting to Google. > > That's not a problem at all! I would translate my materials to English; as > for > translating them back to other languages we have people who'd take care of > that. What you'd have to do is to turn my materials into proper > documentation: find a place for it, fix wording (my translation probably won't > be perfect), incorporate comments from other developers, etc. > > In other words, i'd be glad to make the translation but i want to be sure that > my work will actually be used, and that someone will shepherd it through our > contributing process so that it ends up in the official documentation (i don't > have time to this management myself). > Of course if you run into *any* technichal difficulty (like "how do i add a > new > section to the documentation?"), i'll try to help. But i need someone that > will > take responsibility for getting it done. > > Quite frankly, i think this would be an excellent project to get started in > contributing to LilyPond. It doesn't require programming expertise or any > particular knowledge - you just have to put some effort in. > > best, > Janek
Janek, I think I'm about ready to take a swing at this. Shall I email you about it directly, or keep the discussion here on the list? DR _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
