I understand your position very well, Graham. But we should also try to improve the way of helping via the mailing list to convince newcomers of the power of LilyPond.
What about providing a signature to the mailing list explaining these abbreviations? I donĀ“t know if this is possible, but it could help all of us - the newcomers and the people answering rtfm questions. 2008/8/11 Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Graham Percival wrote: >> >> In a few months, these will be second nature. There's no point >> typing out "please see the Notation Reference 1.2.3" every time. >> NR 1.2.3 is unambiguous, and saves time for people who spend time >> answering rtfm questions. >> > > But it may still cause lots of confusion to the newcomers who asked the > question and > don't even realize that NR has anything to do with the documentation. > > (OK, I know your reply: "If you haven't read the LM, we have no mercy", but > even if you have > read it, I'm not convinced that you will directly associate all the > abbreviations LM, MG, NR, IR, > SL and AU with documentation). > > /Mats > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user