"Phil Burfitt" <phil.burf...@talktalk.net> writes: > From: "Renato" <renn...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 4:49 PM > >> I mean, lilypond is text-editor + command-line by design > > Of course, but what it the point of invoking a command prompt that > _doesn't work_ when clicking on the lilypond icon (the view from a > windows machine), and popping-up lilypad which will possibly confuse > the user who has just downloaded a program called lilypond? > >>you don't really get around these programs without reading docs >>(and you shouldn't try to make it easy). > > I disagree with "you shouldn't try to make it easy".
Yup. The whole point with Lilypad was to make the first steps easier. > Wouldn't it be far better after installing lilypond, to present the > user with a cut down tutorial and usage instructions in a read-me > file, and two desktop icons/shortcuts...one for this read-me file, and > the other for invoking lilypond without arguments, which would then > throw out a usage message? Well, I have no idea. I don't use "user-friendly" operating systems. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
