Where is the like-button? Francois 2014-04-01 9:41 GMT-05:00, Simon Albrecht <simon.albre...@mail.de>: > Hello Lilypond aficionados, > > some days ago I sat in a regional train, two young guys opposite me > talking about computer games they were playing. At which I found an > answer to the question why I find it worthwile investing many and often > tedious hours in music typesetting with LilyPond: It's actually a game! > You've got some task set, there are obstacles to remove, sometimes you > encounter dead ends or leap to another level, there are funny spots in > docs or issue tracker, you may suffer disappointments or achieve > success, and in the end there stands the score as a reward. It's like a > mixture of a logical puzzle and a strategy game, with the pleasant side > effect that it is not just for fun, but you get a result which can be > ported to real life and has an actual use for other people! Besides some > bit of artwork continues to live in there, only it's not achieved > through handicraft as in earlier centuries, but through logics, > computing and (more or less industrial) printing. While working on your > files, you may enjoy some of the music you're typesetting, plus the > beauty of Lilypond's music engraving. > So after all it is not as nerdy as may seem... > > All the best, > Simon > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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