On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:59:12AM +0100, Tim Rowe wrote: > In the case of every question I have asked, I have not only scoured > the manuals -- not just the learning manual -- but also searched the > snippets repository and the web in general for anything that might > give me a clue.
Did you, or did you not, write: > That looks like what I need, but I don't quite understand it -- > probably because I don't properly understand contexts -- the in > documentation, all the index entries for contexts take me to > sections that assume I already know what they are and just want > to adjust them." ? Now, if you had written "I don't understand the second paragraph of LM 3.3.1 Contexts explained", then I'd be happy. We could discuss why that documentation didn't work for you, how we could rewrite the docs to explain it better, etc. But instead, you had this vague "I don't understand stuff", which tells me that you haven't sat down to read the Learning Manual. > Each question has only been asked after *hours* of searching. In > the case of every question I have asked, somebody has just told > me to "read the manuals" as if I were some sort of idiot. I have > to say that I find the manuals very poor -- they assume a lot of > prior knowledge, The Learning Manual does ***NOT*** require any prior knowledge. If you find **any** lilypond material in the LM which does not follow from previous material, this is a bug. (we do not explain musical terminology, although we try to add links to the music glossary for non-English or amateur musicians) Go back to LM 2 Tutorial. Oh, make sure you're looking at the 2.12 or 2.13 documentation. Start reading. As soon as you find a part that assumes prior knowledge, TELL US and we will fix it. Now, the NR assumes that you've already read -- and UNDERSTOOD -- the LM. If we didn't do that, the NR could easily be five times as long as it is already. > I'm very disappointed in the attitude of some members of this group, > who seem to want Lilypond to be a private club and don't want the > inconvenience of new members. Some members of this group have spent over 3000 hours -- yes, three thousand hours, that's not a typo -- working on the documentation, precisely for the benefit of new members. Yes, that clearly demonstrates that we hate newbies. - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
