Re: Lily on OSX Leopard, problems running own build

[Graham Percival]

On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 11:28:59AM -0700, Patrick McCarty wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Graham Percival
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Frankly, my preferred solution is just to document that you can
> > still use the command-line version perfectly well, and newbies
> > should use jEdit, and then maoing **delete** the GUI from the OSX
> > version.
> 
> While the builtin GUIs are not in very great shape, what would take their 
> place?
> 
> I mean, most users expect that when a new icon appears on their
> desktop, and they double-click it, *something* should happen.  ;-)

They double-click it, and it opens a web browser pointing to the
relevant "newbie guide to lilypond-friendly text editors" html
page on the website.  Or probably a local copy thereof, in case
their internet connection is down.

Yes, some people might complain about the "additional software".
So we include info about using textedit/notepad to write files.

Cheers,
- Graham