On Aug 24, 2011, at 3:19 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > lilyp...@googlecode.com writes: > >> Comment #2 on issue 1834 by colinpkc...@gmail.com: Website: provide >> link to .ly for examples >> http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1834 >> >> Summarising comments on bug-lilypond: >> >> The examples are often too complex and lengthy to be really useful to >> beginners. >> As above, they wouldn't work in mouse-over bubbles. > > The mouse-over bubble would show a looking-glass view into the source, > centered at the corresponding view. If that is feasible, it would show > the text from the corresponding point in the source up to (but not > including) the next point in the source corresponding to a different > graphical element. The disadvantage of this particular mechanical way > might be that tweaks and overrides would likely end up in the bubble of > the graphical element before the element they actually affect. One > would need to try this out in order to see how one would create best > extracts. > > I am not convinced that this would be worthless. > >> The source of the examples has value, both as a snippet, and as a >> teaching tool. > > It would not meet the label "snippet" usually. >
I think it'd be great to have a "How does one make that?" link that shows step by step, exactly like Urs's tutorial, how to get from a blank LilyPond document to the final result with ample description and many links to the relevant docs. That way, people's curiosity can be satiated without feeling overwhelmed. Cheers, MS _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
