Ok for all, here is my initial testing of said app. I wrote up a very rough usability document that expresses my concirns with the app. It can be found at the following link.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/no0qvaxxalnf1m4/usability%20document%20for%20frescobauldi.pdf I hope this helps a bit. Should you have any questions feel free to contact me. I can't promisje to know all the answers but I can try. Be blessed to all. On Apr 22, 2014, at 3:42 AM, Davide Liessi <davide.lie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Frescobaldi&LilyPond&Mac users, > as some of you may know, I'm trying to make Frescobaldi more > Mac-friendly, by packaging it as a native application bundle inside a > standard DMG disk image. > > I would be very grateful if you could test the experimental > application bundle I prepared and report the results and your version > of Mac OS X, especially if you are running 10.7 (Lion) or higher. [1] > > You can find a DMG disk image containing the application bundle at > https://www.dropbox.com/s/o4o65629jv9ytw4/Frescobaldi-2.0.16-dev-20140421.dmg > > The test should be harmless: the only collateral effect is that any > change you'll make to the settings inside this application bundle will > be picked up by your usual installation of Frescobaldi, since they'll > share the same preferences file. [2] > > Anyway, please be aware that this application bundle is considered > experimental and is built from a development version of Frescobaldi, > so it isn't suitable for everyday use: after the tests I advise you to > delete the application bundle and wait for the next release. [3] > > Best wishes. > Davide > > > [1] My machine runs 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and I currently have only > occasional access to a 10.8 (Mountain Lion) machine. > > [2] Actually, if your usual version of Frescobaldi is older than > October 2013, your settings will become inaccessible from that > version, while they will still be accessible from versions of the > program newer than that date. > But if you're running such an old version, you should seriously > consider updating to a newer one: Frescobaldi has improved a whole lot > in the last months! > > [3] To avoid messing with your current setup (except for the settings > changes) and forgetting to delete the application bundle after the > test, you can run the application directly from the disk image, > without copying it to the /Applications directory. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
