Re: doc: explain how to add lyrics to polyphonic sections (issue 3236) (issue 8384043)

[Janek Warchoł]

2013/4/10 David Kastrup <address@hidden>
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> Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:
> > Of course not!  But when i'm editing Wikipedia, i have syntax buttons
> > next to me, and i can preview changes without waiting more than a few
> > seconds.
>
> Maybe you should try using Emacs as an editor.  It has menus and buttons
> for writing Texinfo, and if you do make, you can use C-u C-h i for
> directly viewing the generated info files within Emacs (in case they do
> compile) without images.  "make info" is the expensive version including
> images, but it tends to be affordable after you got the initial run
> behind you.
>
> > I don't mean that we should abandon Texinfo or something.  I'm just
> > saying that it's a hindrance for me, and the result is that i don't
> > like to write docs.
>
> Perhaps you should get a Texinfo-aware editor.

2013/4/10 Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>:
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>> But when i'm editing Wikipedia, i have syntax buttons next to me,
>> and i can preview changes without waiting more than a few seconds.
>
> As David has said, makeinfo called via `make' does the syntax checks
> for you, and with the `info' program (or the Emacs editor) you can see
> the resulting changes to the docs immediately.

Thank you both.  I'll consider this when i'll have significant amount
of doc writing to do.

>> I don't mean that we should abandon Texinfo or something.  I'm just
>> saying that it's a hindrance for me, and the result is that i don't
>> like to write docs.
>
> I rather suspect that you are not used to it...

Quite possible.

best,
Janek