Re: doc work

[Mats Bengtsson]

Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> To take your argument to its (illogical) extreme, why don't we just 
> add *all Lilypond features* into one "simple" template and let the 
> Lilypond beginners "suddenly discover" everything that Lilypond can do 
> all at once?  ;-)
For most LilyPond features, I certainly agree with you. However, for the 
MIDI output, it's a single line in the input and it's very intuitive 
that it has to do with MIDI output. I have never seen any question on 
the mailing list on how to turn the MIDI off, but quite a number of 
questions on if it's possible to get MIDI output and how to do it. If 
you have ever touched some other music typesetting program, you will 
certainly be acquainted to the possibility of listening to the output 
for proof "reading" and will expect to have the same in LilyPond.
If you care about processing speed, remove the MIDI output from the 
templates that typically will end up in large scores (like string 
quartet) and keep them in the melody plus piano.

Well, you decide!

   /Mats