The best introduction to Lilypond that I have seen is at http://www.eugenecormier.com/pdfs/lilypond-guide.pdf. It's what I used when getting started with Lilypond. By comparison, the manuals are a bit daunting.
Nick > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Graham Percival > Sent: Saturday, 1 August 2009 11:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: website: why do you use lilypond? > > Work on the actual content of the website seems to have hit a > brick wall. I'm not very happy about this, especially since some > of the gaps are easy to fill. (*nobody* knows *anything* about > the non-English forums for discussing lilypond? really?!?) > > > Anyway, I'm declaring the next week to be Introduction week. > Pretend that you don't know what lilypond is. Pretend that you > manage to navigate the scary main page in order to get to the > Introduction page. > > http://lilypond.org/~graham/Introduction.html > > Consider two questions: > 1. Would these 7 web pages (everything under Introduction) > convince you to give lilypond a try? > 2. If you used lilypond for a short time (say, 1-3 hours), would > you regret doing so? I mean, do the current Introduction webpages > gloss over any problems? Would you feel cheated or mislead? > I suppose we could take the view that it's advertizing, and thus > we should *try* to trick people, but I really dislike this aspect > of modern society. If somebody wouldn't be happy with lilypond, > then let's try to make sure they realize that before they try it. > > Pretty much everybody on this list uses lilypond, and there must > be *some* features or reasons you use it. So answering #1 should > be easy. > > > Also, can you improve any examples? I mean, the Goyescas / > Granados example and Cary / Baca examples look *wicked awesome*. > In contrast, the tablature example bores me to tears, the vocal > music example is probably missing a / accent in "trou-ve", etc. > > > > Patrick Schmidt is in charge of writing texinfo and creating > patches for any consensus that's reached in this discussion. > Jonathan is in charge of the Examples, and retains overall > editorial say over the entire Introduction section. I want to go > off and work on other stuff for a week, then return and find a > wonderful, finished, translator-ready, Introduction section. > > Cheers, > - Graham > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.37/2273 - Release Date: > 07/31/09 05:58:00 _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
