Re: PDF Problem

[Jonathan Kulp]

Graham Percival wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:22:02AM -0700, Dewdman42 wrote:
> > But, the key players dismissed it, did nothing and yes...2 years later I am
> > a bit frustrated.  My post yesterday asking why after 2 years nothing had
> > been done, was not really too out of line if you think about it.  
>
> That's garbage.  You were rude, saying "nobody bothered to fix
> it?".  You implied that this is a trivial matter, and we're just
> too lazy to fix it.
>
> - If it's easy to do, you do it.
> - If it's not easy to do, don't blame us for not doing it.
>
> - Graham

Dewdman,

It might help to read this:

http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html

I found it (or someone directed me to it) when I was first starting to 
use Linux and Lilypond, and it had a great impact on the way I approach 
mailing lists and the people we find there.  I'm not a hacker, but a 
music professor, and so this whole open-source world was very new to me.

Even if you brought this up two years ago in a polite way (which I don't 
doubt), it doesn't mean you can come in swinging after all that time 
demanding to know why something hasn't been done about it.  Besides all 
that, I don't see a problem with the way LP pdf output looks in 
Acroread.  Looks great to me, and if the devs are happy with their pdf 
output as well, why should they bother fixing it?  To me there's nothing 
broken in the first place.  Maybe I don't have a true engraver's eye, 
though.  To my eye LP's output looks better than the same files done up 
in Finale (which I used for 8 years before turning to Lilypond).

Best,

Jon
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