Am 23. Dezember 2014 12:07:52 MEZ, schrieb Peter Gentry <peter.gen...@sunscales.co.uk>: >There are two strands in this. > >1. Questions related to the use of LilyPond. > >2. Questions related to the use of Scheme etc coding for tweaking >LilyPond. > >The first is best served by the lilypond-user community. > >The second is dealt with to some extent in the "Scores of Beauty" but >only goes so far.
I'd even say there are only tiny appetizers on our blog. > Information in the strange world of Scheme >is rather patchy and usually assumes a high level of familiarity with >the terms used. The list concept for instance and control of >memory not to mention smobs. In these areas on line forums such as >Stackoverflow provide a useful resource. > >It is arguable that (for example) the LilyPond interfaces ly:etc could >be better explained. I also think that there should be much more information available,especially introductory gently-paced tutorials. I see three steps here,and as they are not fulky explained in a coherent manner it's extremely difficult to get somewhere: - Scheme in itself is difficult to grasp - it's even more complicated as there are so many dialects around. Solutions found on the net don't necessarily apply to Guile/LilyPond - Hiw Scheme gets Information out of LilyPond (the ly: aspect) is another big step. What would be needed IMO was a "book" like the Learning Manual that covers all if this. But of course: who should write this??? One *possible* approach could be to conceive tutorials as chapters of such a book. So people coukd contribute a comparably small section without having to tackle a complete book. But that would require that a number of those who are able (and I don't count ne in here) commit themselves at least somewhat. > >I am well aware that skilled programmers, clear thinking logicians and >pedantic musicologists have little patience with blunderings >of mere mortals - although a few show remarkable forebearance. > >If Lily use is to prosper and expand surely detailed information on the >structure and philosophy of the code would benefit all. +1 Urs > >It goes without saying that LilyPond is one of the finest examples of >open source collaboaration and is without equal in its genre. > >No harm in wanting the best to get better. > >Festive feliciatations to Lily folk everywhere. > >regards >Peter Gentry > > > >_______________________________________________ >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
