Re: Quickstart guide

[Graham Percival]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 05:28:04PM +0200, Joseph Wakeling wrote:
> On 06/23/2010 05:16 PM, Graham Percival wrote:
> > Given that AFAIK, none of the active developers know where to find
> > the source repository for the windows lilypond editor, let alone
> > being at all familiar with that code, this is an extremely
> > ambitious project.
> 
> Hang on.  Where did I say people should be working on a Windows
> development editor?

umm, right here:
> I'm talking about creating a 1-page quickstart readme guide,
> probably customized per platform, that would be _part of the
> install_ on platforms where people are used to GUIs.

What did you mean by "customized per platform, that would be part
of the install" ?

I think I understand what you mean now, however...

> > So something like we already have on the download page?
> 
> Yes, exactly.  So it's not so difficult to package it up so that the
> same guidance is available courtesy of an item on the Windows menu, no?
>  'Lilypond > Lilypond Quickstart Guide'

... "Packaging it up" is extremely difficult.

Cheers,
- Graham