On Dec 24, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Paul Morris wrote:
> I wonder... Why are there so many different archives of the lilypond mailing
> list? Would there be a way to prevent some of them from showing up in
> google search results? (e.g. by having them indicate "no index" in
> robots.txt)
Attracting s
Ted Lemon wrote
> Yeah, so, this is intensely frustrating for anybody who tries to google
> for help with lilypond, because there are several dozen archives of the
> lilypond mailing list, each slightly different, so that if you do
> virtually any google search for help with lilypond, it returns a
Not that I have a lot to add on the subject, but it seems like stack
overflow type forums are really concerned with providing definitive
answers to questions. LilyPond is certainly not a static apparatus.
Things are in a constant state of flux, and maybe in most areas
minimal at this point, it is s
This is an interesting discussion. From the point of view of
functionality, I agree with the "Stack Overflow" approach. I find it hard
to agree that one really can get as much out of the content that's been
posted if it's shared in email digest form. Certainly we have many
powerful tools at our
2014-12-23 23:24 GMT+01:00 Johan Vromans :
>
> Maybe google 'VPN' ?
>
> Sorry, don't understand how that helps anbody that is the exclusive club
of long lear readers of this list.
And VPN wouldn't help when I am off home. (I am one of the humans that save
power by switching PCs off when I don't us
On Dec 23, 2014, at 5:46 PM, Jim Long wrote:
> Use the Google search tip above to search only the archive you
> want results from.
The beauty of Google Search is that it searches everywhere, not just one place,
so it'll return results from mailing lists, stack exchange, random blogs, etc.
So
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 06:58:58PM +0100, Noeck wrote:
> Am 22.12.2014 um 22:26 schrieb Garrett Fitzgerald:
> > It's actually been discussed on meta - consensus is that people should
> > actually come over here for help. :-)
> >
> > http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/168297/on-which-site-are-
On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:07:43 +0100
Helge Kruse wrote:
> That's true as long I am at home with my PC. When I am visting somebody
> and need my folder I am lost. So I have to use google like any nooby.
Maybe google 'VPN' ?
-- Johan
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lilypond-user
Am 23.12.2014 um 08:23 schrieb Johan Vromans:
The list is a 'push' model interaction. SO and other forums are 'pull'
- I need to visit them and ask for questions. I'm subscribed to 50+
forums, and 20+ mailing lists. It would take hours just to visit all
forums. Browsing the messages from the ma
Am 22.12.2014 um 22:26 schrieb Garrett Fitzgerald:
> It's actually been discussed on meta - consensus is that people should
> actually come over here for help. :-)
>
> http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/168297/on-which-site-are-lilypond-questions-on-topic
... or here http://osdir.com/ml/lily
To save other ignorant folks like me the trouble:
Scores of Beauty is the lilypond blog at http://lilypondblog.org/
Scheme is a programming language used by lilypond:
http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/extending/scheme-tutorial
I wonder if http://en.wikibooks.org/wi
On Dec 23, 2014, at 5:45 AM, Phil Holmes wrote:
> Definitive answers are frequently found by learning to use the manuals and
> their indices.
HAH! :)
Believe me, if I hadn't RTFM'd, you'd have had such a barrage of silly
questions from me yesterday you would have plotzed. But the manual is
- Original Message -
From: "Ted Lemon"
To: "Garrett Fitzgerald"
Cc:
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: Use of Stackoverflow for Question/Answer forum
On Dec 22, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Garrett Fitzgerald
wrote:
It's actually been discussed on
2014-12-23 8:23 GMT+01:00 Johan Vromans :
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:52:45 -0600
> "Christopher R. Maden" wrote:
>
> > Personally, I *like* the mailing list, because I scan the discussion
> > going by, even when it’s not currently relevant to me, and often
> > something rings a bell later when I ne
2014-12-22 23:52 GMT+01:00 Christopher R. Maden :
> On 12/22/2014 04:36 PM, Federico Bruni wrote:
> > I can understand your frustration.
> > I think that LilyPond team's choices are sometimes a bit
> > "conservative".
> >
> > Q&A websites are just way better than a traditional mailing list.
> > Pe
On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:52:45 -0600
"Christopher R. Maden" wrote:
> Personally, I *like* the mailing list, because I scan the discussion
> going by, even when it’s not currently relevant to me, and often
> something rings a bell later when I need it.
Exactly.
The list is a 'push' model interacti
Ted, you wrote Monday, December 22, 2014 10:21 PM
> On Dec 22, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Garrett Fitzgerald
> wrote:
>> It's actually been discussed on meta - consensus is that people should
>> actually come over here for help. :-)
>
> So essentially, when you give this as the answer to the question
On 12/22/2014 04:36 PM, Federico Bruni wrote:
> I can understand your frustration.
> I think that LilyPond team's choices are sometimes a bit
> "conservative".
>
> Q&A websites are just way better than a traditional mailing list.
> Period.
My 2¢: Nothing is stopping anyone from asking and answeri
Il 22/dic/2014 23:21 "Ted Lemon" ha scritto:
>
> On Dec 22, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Garrett Fitzgerald
wrote:
> > It's actually been discussed on meta - consensus is that people should
actually come over here for help. :-)
>
> Yeah, so, this is intensely frustrating for anybody who tries to google
for
On Dec 22, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Garrett Fitzgerald wrote:
> It's actually been discussed on meta - consensus is that people should
> actually come over here for help. :-)
Yeah, so, this is intensely frustrating for anybody who tries to google for
help with lilypond, because there are several dozen
It's actually been discussed on meta - consensus is that people should
actually come over here for help. :-)
http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/168297/on-which-site-are-lilypond-questions-on-topic
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Urs Liska wrote:
> We've had this discussion a year or so.
>
We've had this discussion a year or so.
The main argument against SO was twofold:
- only parts of what is discussed here
is suitable for SO
- our community is too small to be
split up between different forums
Urs
Am 22. Dezember 2014 22:07:56 MEZ, schrieb Mike Kilmer :
>Hi and Happy Holidays
> On Dec 22, 2014, at 11:14 PM, Rob Torop wrote:
>
> Mike, I like the idea. The ability to have some formatting is good (e.g. to
> highlight code fragments) and being able to search is nice. Of course the key
> thing is to have the people who know lilypond really well using it too :-)
> (t
Mike, I like the idea. The ability to have some formatting is good (e.g.
to highlight code fragments) and being able to search is nice. Of course
the key thing is to have the people who know lilypond really well using it
too :-) (that excludes me!)
On Mon Dec 22 2014 at 4:08:18 PM Mike Kilmer
Hi and Happy Holidays all.
I had posted a few initial lilypond questions on StackOverflow.com and received
some good responses.
I’ve found S.O. to be a very user-friendly format for coding questions and
answers (in terms of ease of posting and reading code/syntax) and am curious
that the lilyp
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