Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU

[Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool)]

> Good point, but RTFM answers are generally not the most interesting
> part of any maillist archive.
>   
Hahah, RTFM is also an acronym, and not by coincidence. It expresses 
exactly what I hate in abbreviations. Poor beginner users who really 
doesn't know what they want to ask (because they have just a vague 
concept of the domain), gets a slap in their face.

I must note however that I strongly disagree with the approach "you must 
read the manual first". Honestly, when you buy an house-hold appliance 
you first read the manual? I doubt. For making the first cup of coffee 
you won't read the manual. Later, when you want to make different kinds 
of exotic coffees you will. Though this is a bit off-topic.
> and such... as Graham said, it's all about getting used to it; 
My point is that lilypond-user reading users won't get used to it. Many 
of them are newcomers and beginners. They don't usually follow the 
conversations on the list.

Perhaps it's because of my software developer experience, but I am 
strongly and seriously against abbreviations and acronyms in any case. 
Reading and interpreting abbreviated text needs much more overhead than 
what you gain during write time. Not to mention better text editors 
where you can define abbreviations thus eliminating write time overhead.

Bert