Re: Content of "Introduction"->"Our Goal"

[Carl Peterson]

On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am 01.01.2014 18:34, schrieb Phil Holmes:
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
>> To: "LilyPond Development Team" <address@hidden>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 5:03 PM
>> Subject: Content of "Introduction"->"Our Goal"
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> I think the sentence could be:
>>
>> "The result is a system which frees composers from the details of
>> layout, allowing them to focus on creating music."
>>
>> and would be completely clear.
>>
>> --
>> Phil Holmes
>
>
> Completely clear, yes. But only fully appropriate if composers typesetting
> their music while composing were LilyPond's core target audience/use case.
>
> Urs

+1, speaking as a composer who composes in MuseScore for the
convenience of audio feedback, then transcribes the music by hand into
my LilyPond template to get the output I want.

To the question about what to call it, I think "Our Purpose" is
perhaps what you're wanting. As to what to say,

The result is a program that creates printed music more closely
resembling and following the best traditions of classical music
engraving. This allows composers, transcribers and publishers to
create publication-quality music---beautiful music---without having to
spend as much time fighting the software's default settings.


Carl P.