Re: Example massacre

2005-01-03 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Graham Percival wrote: In input/regression/: volta-chord-names.ly Not necessary; covered by volta-multi-staff.ly Well, yes, but only for those of us who are very fluent on LilyPond. Since it's a question that keeps popping up on the mailing list every now and then, I don't think it hurts to inclu

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-22 Thread Graham Percival
On 2-Dec-04, at 10:40 AM, Mats Bengtsson wrote: I mentioned one in my original email. I haven't investigated deeply, but spent a few minutes to find missing example files that are linked from within the manual, and came up with the following list: I must admit that I haven't been checking the "see

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-02 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I mentioned one in my original email. I haven't investigated deeply, > but spent a few minutes to find missing example files that are linked > from within the manual, and came up with the following list: > > In input/test/: > > chords-without-melody.ly > lyric-hyphen-r

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-02 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I mentioned one in my original email. I haven't investigated deeply, but spent a few minutes to find missing example files that are linked from within the manual, and came up with the following list: In input/test/: chords-without-melody.ly lyric-hyphen-retain.ly lyrics-melisma-faster.ly lyrics-mel

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-02 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > So far, the arguments in favor of the "tip & trick" page have > > basically been "information is hard to find in the manual," which IMO > > suggests that we should improve the way how information can be looked > > up. > > Another reason

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-02 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: So far, the arguments in favor of the "tip & trick" page have basically been "information is hard to find in the manual," which IMO suggests that we should improve the way how information can be looked up. Another reason for my original complaint was that several of the pre

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-02 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Of course, viewing these examples as a part of the documentation, > means additional support work. One possible way out would be to > actually integrate all the useful examples into the main manual, > but also collect all "interesting" examples from the manual into > a

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-02 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I think we have to realize that there is no single form of documentation that suites all needs. We already now have the Tutorial which contains material from the Notatation manual but presented in another way. The set of examples in the Tips and Tricks and in the Regression Tests documents is anoth

Searching help [was Example massacre]

2004-12-02 Thread Némo
Luise Marion Frenkel wrote: I am an sporadic Lilypond user, who tries to keep up to date with the syntax changes reading the user and devel lists. I have to type many different sorts of music, and usually no template fits me well. I find it very difficult to find the answers for my questions in

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-02 Thread Luise Marion Frenkel
I am an sporadic Lilypond user, who tries to keep up to date with the syntax changes reading the user and devel lists. I have to type many different sorts of music, and usually no template fits me well. I find it very difficult to find the answers for my questions in the manual. When the Tips

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-01 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > "Han-Wen" == Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Han-Wen> Of course, if you know what you're looking for -like > Han-Wen> Mats, I suppose- then the tips & tricks collection is an > Han-Wen> easy document. However, I think we need to focus

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-01 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Han-Wen" == Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Han-Wen> Of course, if you know what you're looking for -like Han-Wen> Mats, I suppose- then the tips & tricks collection is an Han-Wen> easy document. However, I think we need to focus on Han-Wen> novice users which a

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-01 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi, > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > In know that many of the examples that have been moved have > > > been incorporated in the manual, but one thing doesn't have to exclude > > > the other. > > > > I think it does.

Re: Example massacre

2004-12-01 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > In know that many of the examples that have been moved have > > been incorporated in the manual, but one thing doesn't have to exclude > > the other. > > I think it does. Having both means that people need to look for

Example massacre

2004-12-01 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi, > > I have complained about this before, but I think it's a pity that > som many useful examples have been removed from the Tips and Tricks > document. In know that many of the examples that have been moved have > been incorporated in the manual, but one thing doesn

Example massacre

2004-11-30 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Hi, I have complained about this before, but I think it's a pity that som many useful examples have been removed from the Tips and Tricks document. In know that many of the examples that have been moved have been incorporated in the manual, but one thing doesn't have to exclude the other. One nice