Re: best practices

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Valentin,

> Not only have I read them too

There you go, Graham: at least two people have read your "best  
practices" docs!  ;-)

> I don't think the docs are incomplete, I think *we* are, as  
> LilyPond coders.
> I'm afraid all of us are actually making history right here, right  
> now.

Translation:
The documentation needs to be MORE COMPLETE than it is now, based on  
the trails WE are blazing with our "unprecedented" scores.

There is no reason that any Lilyponder -- especially a newbie --  
should have to reinvent the wheel on something as common (in Western  
chamber and orchestral music) as instrument doublings. For the  
record, I'm happy to write the final documentation... but I still  
feel that the discussion thread should stay open for a while, to make  
sure all options have been considered and the best practice(s) have  
really been identified.

> I think we need to confront our practices, our trial-and-error
> practices etc. to get a better point of view on this.

Agreed... which is precisely why I've been posting these  
discussions!  =)

Cheers,
Kieren.