On 8/23/2014 9:00 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote:
Here is an example (not identical but analogous to) where markup+compile is
distinctly weaker than wysiwyg:
You can use lilypond to type music and the use a midi player to play it
But lilypond does not allow playing and seeing-in-realtime
WYSIWYG editors allow that -- can make a huge difference to beginners
who find music hard to read.
I don't buy that it's weaker. In fact, I'd say this proves that markup
is distinctly better - just a little harder to do "Hello, world" in.
At best, the simple GUI makes it easier to do something
straight-forward, and then basically lets you drop to the more
complicated form. At worst, it makes it easier to do the very simple,
and nearly impossible to do the more complicated.
The worst part of using a WYSIWIG program is the frustration of
correcting a bewildering problem when some kind of autoformatting magic
goes wrong.
One odd example is when using Word to compose template documents meant
for merging with external data. The markup+compile phase takes on a
whole new, horrible meaning. My ears are turning red just imagining the
next time I have to do it.
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