Re: Issue 1834 in lilypond: Website: provide link to .ly for examples

[Mike Solomon]

On Aug 24, 2011, at 3:19 PM, David Kastrup wrote:

> address@hidden writes:
> 
>> Comment #2 on issue 1834 by address@hidden: 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