LilyPond has a great glossary, but I'd like to see cross-references back to the Notation manual. For instance, I might lookup "grace note" which gives me acciaccatura <http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/music-glossary/acciaccatura>, but there is no link to the Notation manual.
Knute Snortum (via Gmail) On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Abraham Lee <tisimst.lilyp...@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > I've been thinking about this a lot lately, even going so far as to create > my own "Quick Start" tutorials for new users, but I can only go so far in > my own head. I really have two questions that I keep wondering about: > > 1. What is the thing you (especially new users) like the least about > LilyPond's documentation structure? > 2. If you could have the same documentation structure as found in > another notation program, which program is it? Or put another way: Is there > a notation program out there that has a documentation structure you like? > > I'm asking this because I'm trying to determine how we in the 'Pond can > make it easier for new users to jump in with both feet instead of dipping a > toe and getting scared of the deep. > > I may be over-thinking this, but I keep getting the feeling that people > are scared of using LilyPond partially because the documentation, though > deep and detailed, is a little too deep and technical for new users who are > familiar with a GUI program and less familiar with programming. > > Any thoughts? I think I'm mostly interested in comments related to the > *Learning* and *Notation* manuals, but comments about the others are > welcome, too. > > I can't say that I'm proposing any massive changes to the documentation, > but I'd like to know if there's something else that would be more new > user-friendly. > > - Abraham > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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