Re: My return to Lilypond

[David Kastrup]

Eduardo Silva <address@hidden> writes:

> Greetings!
> After an inactivity of maybe 4+ years, I'm coming back to the Lilypond
> users' community and to working with Lilypond. I must say I'm glad to
> see the progress of this project. The documentation has been improved
> a lot. I like the idea of a Learning Manual and a Notation Manual.

Well,

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so it would appear that the Tutorial idea is not exactly recent, even
though it might have been a chapter in the documentation rather than a
document of its own.

> I had to read and read, because I had forgotten so much stuff on how
> to use Lilypond—not that I had ever become proficient in this program
> in the first place.  I've had this dream of selling songbooks and
> sheet music online for years. Finally now I narrowed down the scope of
> this effort and am focusing initially in producing songs especially
> adapted to small tablets, and e-Ink readers.

At the Waltrop meeting, the people from Scorio.com demonstrated a tablet
used for paging music broken to about two systems per page.

> So far, I've completed 2 songbooks, just in time for the Christmas
> season: Heartfelt Carols: Christmas Songs for Tablets and e-Readers,
> with regular notes and 7-shape note style. Free samples are available
> at my website: www.heartfeltsongs.com I'd appreciate your feedback on
> these publications (download the samples, please). I should say that
> the final results look so awesome despite the little time and lack of
> knowledge to do more customizations. It was a joy overall to work with
> Lilypond.  I'm planning on donating to Lilypond at least 10% of my
> profit on these, if I manage to sell more than $1,000. I don't know
> how I would make an accountable process for this, but for now just
> take my word for it ;-).

It is not that we have an accountable process to show on any prospective
receiving end, either...

> I'm pleased to see Daniel Kastrup's commitment to Lilypond.

"David", not "Daniel".  The one with the constant harping, not the one
able to coexist peacefully with multiple versions of Lion.

At any rate, the amount of commitment involved with "I will need to stop
unless you give me your money" may be seen as less convincing on the
side of the receiver rather than that of the givers.  I've posted the
respective notice in March in the LilyPond Report in the expectation of
nobody blaming me for abandoning ship few months later.  After all, the
people I was asking for monetary support were usually already involved
as volunteers with LilyPond, reading the respective news for that
reason.  So far it would seem that I underestimated people's commitment
to LilyPond.  And, of course, in my own interest I am doing my best to
give them more reasons.

Though a community doing what is necessary and helpful for making
working on and with music easier and more enjoyable is quite a powerful
reason of its own.

-- 
David Kastrup