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

[fiëé visuëlle]

Am 2008-11-04 um 21:10 schrieb Mats Bengtsson:

> fiëé visuëlle wrote:
> > Regarding those newbies who are looking for a GUI:
> >
> > Why don't we publish a screenshot or two?
> >
> > Users are looking for screenshots if they evaluate a new  
> > application (at least I do), and if we show a shot of a terminal  
> > window of a LilyPond session and another of some text editor with a  
> > piece of score, and add a comment like "yes, that's how LilyPond  
> > looks", perhaps we could reduce those noob questions a bit.
> The only problem is that the screenshot will look very
> different depending on what your favorite text editor
> looks like. For Windows, we could certainly show a
> screenshot using the Lilypad editor, but it's far from the
> best editor. If you want selling screenshots, see
> http://lilypondtool.organum.hu/demo.html

The editor doesn't matter. It's important to show a command line.
One of Windows would be enough, I guess.
Linux users are seldom surprised if they must use the shell.
And OSX users have other problems ;)


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