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

[Martin Tarenskeen]

On Thu, 23 Apr 2015, Simon Albrecht wrote:

> Perhaps it boils down to this: Using a conventional typesetting software may 
> be learned through trial and error, using lilypond can’t. You have to be 
> willing to get a grip of it from the basic, and for me this involved to delve 
> into a completely new way of thinking.

I never really had to learn a "new" way of thinking. In fact I never 
started using Sibelius or Finale, so I did not have to "move" to LilyPond.
I feel quite comfortable with the LilyPond way of thinking. I have tried 
Denemo but didn't feel it made things easier for me. I can do things 
faster with just Vim or, when I want more comfort, Frescobaldi.

But if I want to do things beyond the LM basics the almost endless 
possibilities that LilyPond offers and the many many pages of the NR and 
other manuals can be quite overwhelming.

What I would like: A tool that allows me to do an offline search in my 
local copies of the manuals. Something like the unix grep command, but 
slightly more friendly with a nice gui.

Now I often find my way in the online manuals with the help of Google.
This works well, except when I have no internet connection.

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MT