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Re: problems with learning lilypond
From: |
Carl D. Sorensen |
Subject: |
Re: problems with learning lilypond |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:44:57 -0700 |
On 11/27/08 2:24 AM, "John Sellers" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Understood, and no argument....here then is another suggestion...if this
> tutorial is as good as you say. Make sure it crosses the paths of newbies
> enough that they will end up reading before they get in as deep as I have.
I think we have solved this problem. When newbies ask questions, we first
say "Read the Learning Manual". And I've already asked you twice to read
the Learning Manual as a starting place for making improvements to the
documentation.
The new Learning Manual is *WAY* better than the old docs. And everybody,
even veteran users like yourself, should read the LM. I guarantee that if
you read the LM, you will understand lots of things you currently have
problems with.
>
> Will I read it? Yes, may the next time I run into a problem.
Don't wait until you run into a problem. The Learning Manual is not a good
resource for *solving* problems. That's what the Notation Reference is for.
The Learning Manual is an *excellent* resource for *avoiding* problems. So
read it, from cover to cover, before the next time you work on LilyPond. As
an experienced user, you can just read it; you don't need to try the
tutorial stuff if you don't want to. But it will give you a *great*
overview of most of the stuff that is confusing in LilyPond, if you're
anything like me.
> But would you
> tell me where to find it, and just which tutorial you are referring to? I've
> read tutorial stuff a few times in the long distant past...and when I do read,
> I don't always make the associations you expect me to....
>
> Tell you what, I will take a look. I'll even try to go over the a few of the
> problems I had in the past to see if it answers to them. There reason I have
> never looked at the tutorial in question is that I do not use anything beyond
> the current working stable version---actually the cygwin verison. Is this
> learning tutorial going to be part of a stable version soon or might it be a
> good idea to patch up a generic version of the same that lies in the path of
> very newbie so obviously that they will get the message and go through it?
>
The development version is currently more stable (read: bug free) than the
"stable" version. You should download the 2.11.65 development version, and
use it. This advice has been given consistently over the last three months
on -user.
Thanks,
Carl
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, (continued)
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, John Sellers, 2008/11/27
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, Graham Percival, 2008/11/27
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, John Sellers, 2008/11/28
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, Francisco Vila, 2008/11/28
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, John Sellers, 2008/11/29
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, Neil Thornock, 2008/11/28
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, m . tarenskeen, 2008/11/29
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, Francisco Vila, 2008/11/29
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, Francisco Vila, 2008/11/27
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, Jonathan Kulp, 2008/11/27
- Re: problems with learning lilypond,
Carl D. Sorensen <=
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, John Sellers, 2008/11/27
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, Graham Percival, 2008/11/27
- Re: problems with learning lilypond, Carl D. Sorensen, 2008/11/27
Re: problems with learning lilypond, Carl D. Sorensen, 2008/11/19
Re: problems with learning lilypond, Ari Torhamo, 2008/11/19
Re: problems with learning lilypond, lilypondtool, 2008/11/20