Re: Lilypond lobbying?

[David Kastrup]

Joseph Wakeling <address@hidden> writes:

> On 08/25/2011 01:41 PM, Janek Warchoł wrote:
>> Yes.  I hate to say it, but in the matter of tweaking slurs LilyPond
>> sucks really hard compared to Finale.
>
> I don't think this is really a helpful way of looking at it, to be honest.
>
> Lilypond is a _superb_ piece of software that

[...]

> It would be very nice if Lilypond could make some usability advances,
> and become easier to tweak.  But it might come at the cost of progress
> on the kind of things that really make Lilypond valuable.

Honestly?  Heaps of praise coupled with a diffuse "improvements might
make things worse" may be an _elevating_ way of looking at Lilypond, but
I consider this even less helpful than pinpointing a weakness.

Tweaking slurs might become nicer, for example, if one might tweak
something like "slur attraction" of individual notes, telling Lilypond
which noteheads should try pulling the slur closer.  That would likely
beat fiddling with control points with regard to user friendliness while
still maintaining a batchy character.

-- 
David Kastrup