----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Spiers" <lilypond-u...@adamspiers.org>
To: "David Kastrup" <d...@gnu.org>
Cc: <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?


On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:22 PM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:

The staff is getting trained for that.  That's all it takes: training
and confidence.  Ask Janek.

The problem is that LilyPond is notionally competing with products
whose user-base don't want to spend time getting trained, and don't
have to.  They're happy learning "on the job" via point-and-click and
help menus.  Maybe one solution would be to enhance the help menus of
a really good existing front-end such as Frescobaldi.


That's possibly true. However, as a forced user of Sibelius (college) and a watcher of other people trying to use it, it's clear to me that to use it properly requires training. Most people cannot add a pick up bar (the tutor's solution is to create a new score with a pick up and paste the old music into it); they can't create lyric hyphens or extenders properly; they can't delete lyrics; they can't add a third to a chord; etc.;etc. All software use benefits from training.

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Phil Holmes

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