2012/9/24 Janek Warchoł <[email protected]>: > I also think that it will take more than a week to collect all user feedback.
Likely. > Also, are we going to do something like this on general user list? Why not? 2012/9/24 Xavier Scheuer <[email protected]>: > IMHO the discussion should not focus only on "beginners", as there are > some parts of LilyPond syntax that are still confusing/difficult even > for longstanding users. I think this category of users, engraving > _intensely_ scores with LilyPond (and that are not besides lily devs), > are maybe much more concerned by lily syntax than beginners. 2012/9/25 Francisco Vila <[email protected]>: > 2012/9/24 Janek Warchoł <[email protected]>: >> Good idea. For starters: >> >> 1) what do you find confusing in LilyPond syntax? For example, are >> you sometimes uncertain in what order should you write code elements, >> or what capitalization to use? >> 2) is there anything particularly unreadable or cryptic in LilyPond >> syntax? Names or symbols that don't fit the objects they represent? >> 3) what do you find inconvenient in LilyPond syntax? For example, >> something that feels easy to describe, but needs a lot of coding to >> get done? >> 4) what do you find difficult to express in LilyPond syntax? For >> example, things that need to be done by moving something manually >> instead of describing the logic behind it. >> >> Oh, and some "preamble" about our motivation. > > I like it. Let's do it. +1 I would add the question: "your self-perceived > level of mastering the language is -beginner? -medium? -advanced?" so > that we don't limit to starters. Ok, I'm convinced not to focus on beginners. But I'd like to describe that in the "preamble" and not to use an additional question. -Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
