Re: transposing octaves for a piano part

[Steve Downes]

Sorry, 

My comment on the manuals was not intended as a critism. I fully
understand why it is as it is and the breadth of the subject matter
involved. It was just a comment on the difficulty I was having as
someone new to the software in linking the various methods &
possibilities together to make aworking script. I think the software
is amazing & the manual has much to commend it. 

Also to have a manual at all, never mind of this breadth & quality is
unusual these days.

Steve

On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 05:16:59PM +0100, Graham Percival wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 05:35:55PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
> > David Rogers <address@hidden> writes:
> > 
> > > Steve Downes <address@hidden> writes:
> > >
> > >> I am finding finding my way round the manuals a bit convoluted at
> > >> present & merging info from one section into a script styled on
> > >> another very hit & miss. No doubt it will get easier. 
> > >
> > > The manual is very convoluted, but it probably has to be because
> > > Lilypond itself is a large project that does a lot of things, some of
> > > which take a bit of explaining.
> > 
> > I disagree.  Any perceived convolution is likely caused by lots of
> > people working on the manual locally whenever they change Lilypond
> > around, and working with their personal area of expertise.
> 
> I don't agree entirely.  Historically, most perceived convolution
> arises from skipping over material in the Learning manual.  This
> is particularly true when somebody complains "I can't figure out
> where to paste this".
> 
> If any confusion arises due to not knowing how to merge info from
> different sections, go back and read Learning 3.1 How LilyPond
> input files work.  If some part of that chapter is not clear, ask
> a question so that we know about the ambiguity and can fix it.
> 
> Cheers,
> - Graham
> 
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