Re: Example massacre

[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 and Tricks were more complete, I just had to roll that 
page down until I found what I needed. Most tricks I needed were 
perfectly documented there, and I easily recognized what I needed by 
the pictures. Now I have to try to remember what picture (that is 
lilypond image) that once I saw in the manual is what I need and where 
it could be and start browsing the One-Page manual. Google searching is 
not practical for those who are not native-english speeker because 
often they do not know what the right term is. Images have a 
universal meenig and spare us of looking the glossary. And for those who 
do not do "standard" scores, but weird arrangements which are fitting 
for their practice, it is not always necessary to use the RIGHT thing, 
but something which does the job.

I am still looking at the Tips and Tricks of former Lilypond branches, 
which are more complete, and updating the code. I do not think that the 
Tips & Tricks should be a compillation of all lilypond snipets or 
examples in the manual for that would again be to much. I just liked 
very much the old Tips and Tricks.

I think that even advanced Lilypond users need to look into the manual 
as soon as they do something different. The tutorial must focus on 
novice users, but the manual has to be also fit for the frequent users.

Since this thread started together with the figured-bass issue, is there 
by the way any difference between #3 and 3#. A Ricordi Score for the 
Vivaldi Gloria RV589 uses both, but more #3. I coul not find a way to 
typeset this. I do not know anything about figured bass, except that the 
organist with whom I shall play knows how to handle them!

TIA

Luise


On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:

> Of course, if you know what you're looking for -like Mats, I suppose-
> then the tips & tricks collection is an easy document. However, I
> think we need to focus on novice users which are not sure what they
> are looking for exactly. Also, doesn't a broken up document (like the
> manual) work better with Google searching?
>