Re: improving LilyPond useability

[Phil Burfitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Renato" <address@hidden>
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".

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?


Phil.