2008/8/11 Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My point is that lilypond-user reading users won't get used to it. Many of > them are newcomers and beginners. They don't usually follow the > conversations on the list. > > Perhaps it's because of my software developer experience, but I am strongly > and seriously against abbreviations and acronyms in any case. Reading and > interpreting abbreviated text needs much more overhead than what you gain > during write time. Not to mention better text editors where you can define > abbreviations thus eliminating write time overhead.
After having read the whole thread, I second your suggestion to drop all acronyms for our manuals names. If we doc writers and developers can figure out almost instantly what these acronyms mean when talking on -devel list, then we ne don't need them in the documentation index either; moreover, on my Linux box with Firefox 3 this page looks good with a 800 pixels screen width only if we remove those acronyms, so I will remove them unless there is any serious objection. If we ever need to remember the meaning of one acronym, a quick glance at the titles in the documentation index is enough. Cheers, John _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
