Re: GWP / GOP / GOO (was: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site)

2008-12-01 Thread Valentin Villenave
2008/12/1 Graham Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > - have a bi-weekly newsletter (this will hopefully continue after > Aug) The LilyReport *will* be back. (we can name it otherwise if you prefer). I have one issue ready-to-release and pending, and I am still willing (and able) to publish it on a w

GWP / GOP / GOO (was: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site)

2008-12-01 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 10:58:01AM -0200, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:57 AM, Carl D. Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "the getting help section of the > > page". I haven't been able to find anything titled "getting help".

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-12-01 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:57 AM, Carl D. Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> What if we put a link under Quick Links on the main page, titled Getting >>> Help, which pointed to a Getting Help page? >> >> How about adding some sort of story-line to the getting help-section >> of the page? This

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-30 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 11/29/08 5:13 AM, "Han-Wen Nienhuys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Carl D. Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm not sure who is currently managing the development of the main LilyPond >> web page, so I'm not sure who this should be addressed to. >> >> I

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-29 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Carl D. Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure who is currently managing the development of the main LilyPond > web page, so I'm not sure who this should be addressed to. > > I just went to the LilyPond web site with the idea in mind of being a > totally

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-28 Thread Graham Percival
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:58:39PM -0700, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > > On 11/27/08 7:24 PM, "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nobody. Hence my proposal that we have a GWP, probably not before > > Jan. > > I agree. The GWP should be a good thing. Are you planning on changing yo

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
On 11/27/08 7:24 PM, "Graham Percival" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:53:11AM -0700, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: >> I'm not sure who is currently managing the development of the main LilyPond >> web page, > > Nobody. Hence my proposal that we have a GWP, probably not befo

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Graham Percival
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:53:11AM -0700, Carl D. Sorensen wrote: > I'm not sure who is currently managing the development of the main LilyPond > web page, Nobody. Hence my proposal that we have a GWP, probably not before Jan. > I just went to the LilyPond web site with the idea in mind of being

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Till Rettig
Carl D. Sorensen schrieb: Ok, so how do I do so? Where does the website code reside? It's maybe easiest to get it from git: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary go down the page an change to the web branch (under "heads"). Just click on the small "tree" link right

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
Ok, so how do I do so? Where does the website code reside? Carl On 11/27/08 12:46 PM, "Till Rettig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carl D. Sorensen schrieb: >> The Getting Help page would have: >> >> 1) A statement saying that "LilyPond does not have a graphical interface", >> and an embedded l

Re: Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Till Rettig
Carl D. Sorensen schrieb: The Getting Help page would have: 1) A statement saying that "LilyPond does not have a graphical interface", and an embedded link to the crash course. 2) A statement saying that "The first thing you should do is read the Learning Manual", with an embedded link to the t

Proposal for "Getting Help" page for LilyPond web site

2008-11-27 Thread Carl D. Sorensen
I'm not sure who is currently managing the development of the main LilyPond web page, so I'm not sure who this should be addressed to. I just went to the LilyPond web site with the idea in mind of being a totally new user, perhaps even a Windows user who has never jumped into the Linux/Open Source