Re: How do new users feel about LilyPond's documentation?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Carl (et al.),

> maybe it's worth setting up a LilyPond StackExchange

Maybe… But we already hear complaints about how “the documentation” is spread 
across too many sites: the multiple doc books; LSR; the list archives; Scores 
of Beauty and similar; etc.

> I don't believe you do have to write Scheme code just to add some vertical 
> space.

Correct.

> I do think that some really nice defaults (like the OpenLilyLib people
> are working on) could greatly help the problem
> by minimizing the need to do LilyPond adjustments.

Yes. The introduction of a real stylesheet and template system — with 
“peer-reviewed” stylesheets and templates — is going to be a serious step 
forward.

Best,
Kieren.
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