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Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond |
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Sun, 02 Dec 2018 13:08:21 +0100 |
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J Martin Rushton <address@hidden> writes:
> On 02/12/18 11:31, David Kastrup wrote:
>> J Martin Rushton <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> I'm not sure the single critical paragraph is that unfair. I've turned
>>> the tables on the reviewer and added my own comments as an amateur who
>>> came to Lily only a few years ago.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> "LilyPond source files appear to be written in a custom programming
>>> language whose grammar is never discussed."
>>> - I'm afraid this one is bang on target. However compare the situation
>>> to other systems and at least you can programme rather than just
>>> accepting a proprietary black box.
>>
>> Well, this author went the mile and actually learnt how to work with
>> LilyPond before giving it a critical eye (and apparently sticking with
>> it). I think we lose the majority of potential users even before
>> getting anywhere as far. It's easy to laugh about those when they write
>> up their impression, but of course the problem _is_ real.
>>
>> Frescobaldi is an impressive way to lower the threshold of getting
>> acquainted with LilyPond's way of working. And Denemo is nice for not
>> getting all that much acquainted with LilyPond's way of working.
>>
>
> Hi David. I'm not quite sure whether you're telling me off for
> criticising the original author, or praising me for as "this author"!
Neither. Sometimes I write stuff without specifically targeting a
victim.
--
David Kastrup
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- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, Andrew Bernard, 2018/12/01
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, David Kastrup, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, J Martin Rushton, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, Sandro Santilli, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, Thomas Morley, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, David Kastrup, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, mskala, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, David Kastrup, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, David Sumbler, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, mskala, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, David Kastrup, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, mskala, 2018/12/02
- Re: Not Nice Review of the LilyPond, David Sumbler, 2018/12/02