Am 2013-10-27 um 19:46 schrieb David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: > Henning Hraban Ramm <lilypon...@fiee.net> writes: > >> Am 2013-10-27 um 16:11 schrieb David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: >>>>> At any rate, the user lists are rather helpful resources as well. >>>> >>>> This user list must be in the top 99 percentile in terms of quickness, >>>> thoroughness, and effectiveness of response. >>> >>> It's definitely one of LilyPond's assets. >> >> Oh yes! And I would praise the ConTeXt list in the same breath. >> >> Just trying to get an interesting, but complicated open source project >> running, that has a helpful, but very small and maybe not that >> competent fellowship on its mailing list, I can appreciate my two >> favorite OS MLs even more! > > Well, I'd argue that LilyPond and Context differ in how useful the > available documentation is _before_ you have to revert to the mailing > list. > > We probably only see a fraction of LilyPond users on this list, whereas > it is probably only a tiny fraction of Context users _not_ on the > Context mailing list since in the category of somewhat up to date > comprehensive documentation there is not really much available other > than Hans Hagen. "Someday somebody will write a user manual" has been > sort of a running joke for decades.
Entirely true, unfortunately. There’s a lot of docs for ConTeXt (old manuals, newer articles, the wiki including a command reference), but by far not as helpful, current and complete as LilyPond’s! But this thread runs off topic, let’s stop here or take it to PM. Greetlings, Hraban --- fiëé visuëlle Henning Hraban Ramm http://www.fiee.net http://angerweit.tikon.ch/lieder/ https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer) _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
