Re: Why do so many newcomers post to bug-lilypond?

[Toine Schreurs]

Redundancy is not the solution. Yes, in general, repetition is a good
technique to become familiar with something unknown. The first read gives
questionmarks, the second one gives the Aha's.

But it is almost impossible to maintain documentation if the information
is somehow duplicated over different locations.
The adagium "Single Point Of Information" is much more important than
Redundancy, especially for rapid-changing programs like Lilypond.

Toine Schreurs
> On a completely unrelated note, I disagree completely with you that  
> the solution to "people aren't reading the documentation in NOT to add  
> more documentation" what is clearly understandable on a first read by  
> you, is not clearly understandable on a first read by everyone. I  
> think that having documentation that explains everything is very good.  
> I also think having the documentation explained using different words  
> and examples is also good. I have the impression that you have a  
> personal vendetta against redundancy, maybe your job was made  
> redundant, I don't know, but I think redundancy, especially when it  
> comes to explanation, as long as the explanations are all accurate,  
> can only be beneficial. Perhaps you would rather that someone who will  
> take the time to occasionally add something to a wiki-like tutorial  
> devote that time to another existing project. It's nice to want  
> things. I'd like to be able to upload a snippet to the LSR. I've not  
> reached enlightenment in my zen buddhism, but I'm learning more and  
> more that wanting things is a really easy to be disappointed.