Re: Dorico announced

2016-05-18 Thread Michael Rivers
I don't think consumers first looking at a name will go to a blog on the internet to find out how to pronounce it. Dorico is going to be pronounced like Dorito a lot in the beginning. At least everyone knows what a lily pond is and how to say it. In any case, the name is probably not very important

Re: Dorico announced

2016-05-18 Thread johnlink
Michael Rivers wrote: > Hmm...not a fan of the name Dorico. It sounds a little too close to Dorito to > me. The accent is on the first syllable, not the second, so "Dorico" does not sound at all like "Dorito". John Link ___ lilypond-user maili

Re: Dorico announced

2016-05-17 Thread Helge Kruse
Am 18.05.2016 4:19 vorm. schrieb "Vaughan McAlley" : > > On 17 May 2016 11:37 p.m., "Kieren MacMillan" < kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Spanish for Dorian? > > As a name it is almost as esoteric as Lilypond. It reminds me of the we're-not-leaving-until-we-have-a-name meeting the a male c

Re: Dorico announced

2016-05-17 Thread Jeffery Shivers
​About the name! : ​ Daniel Spreadbury said that ​" originally Dorico was the code name for the program, but in time we failed to find a better name for the program, and the name stuck. However, please don’t pronounce it like the name of a corn chip! ​" [1]​ Lots of good things about this softwar

Re: Dorico announced

2016-05-17 Thread Vaughan McAlley
On 17 May 2016 11:37 p.m., "Kieren MacMillan" wrote: > > Hello all, > > > Just an FYI. > > Cheers, > Kieren. > > > Kieren MacMillan, composer > ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info > ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.i

Re: Dorico announced

2016-05-17 Thread Michael Rivers
Hmm...not a fan of the name Dorico. It sounds a little too close to Dorito to me. Does it come in nacho cheese and cool ranch? If the quality of the output is better than Lilypond (and 349 pounds sterling fall out of the sky into my lap), I might consider it. After all those years of making theory

Re: Dorico announced

2016-05-17 Thread Andrew Bernard
Thanks Kieran! Looking forward to seeing how it compares to Product C. :-) Andrew ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user