Re: [Denemo-devel] LilyPond (and Denemo?)

[Ben CL]

Sounds good, thanks :) Take care!

On 12/4/2013 2:06 PM, Richard Shann wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-12-04 at 13:59 -0500, Ben CL wrote:
>> On 12/4/2013 1:49 PM, Richard Shann wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2013-12-04 at 13:42 -0500, Ben CL wrote:
>>>> On 12/4/2013 1:35 PM, Richard Shann wrote:
>>>>> It's normal enough. Some window managers put a separate icon for every
>>>>> window, others group them under the parent.
>>>>>> Ok, I see what you mean.
>>>>> If you dismiss them (after looking at what's available) they will not
>>>>> re-appear until you request them. The docked ones can also be dismissed
>>>>> (right click and use menu).
>>>>>> But all the windows will appear again each time on startup, correct?
>>>>> Is this so alarming? Hmm, I just thought that people opening for the
>>>>> first time would like to see almost everything.
>>>>>> That may be true, yes. Perhaps could there be an option to not have
>>>> 9+ windows open at startup, for those who prefer? Just an idea. I don't
>>>> know what that would entail as far as programming goes.
>>> It is not a problem of programming, but of whether people want to be
>>> faced with questions at start up or just to see a lot of stuff they
>>> could do things with. I did have a preliminary pop-up asking what sort
>>> of experience they would like on the first run, but it wasn't popular
>>> either...
>>>>>> Ah, gotcha.
>> Well, for what it's worth, coming from someone who prefers a streamlined
>> and minimal GUI, I would love to see an option maybe to hide all
> See View menu, Palettes ...
>
>>  or not
>> display all on startup, or something to that effect. Maybe enable it by
>> default, but have an option to disable if the user prefers to dig right
>> in. :)
>>
>> Down the road perhaps? Either way, it's not the end of the world to have
>> to close them all every time you load the program
> No, only the first time. After that they will not reappear until you
> open them and leave them open on closing.
>
>> , but it's definitely a
>> lot to soak in. I wonder how first-time users react when they see all
>> the windows overlapping and in their tray; have you gotten much feedback
>> from them?
> you are one of those precious creatures that puts their head above the
> parapet. Thanks!
>
> Richard
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