Re: [PATCH] Web: Easier editing: Add link to Abjad website.

[Graham Percival]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Mark Polesky <address@hidden> wrote:
> Graham Percival wrote:
>>> address@hidden Other programs can export LilyPond code
>>> address@hidden Other programs that can export LilyPond code
>>
>> This makes it sound as though the previous programs can
>> export lilypond code.  Only Denemo falls into that
>> category; all the other programs are text editor-types.
>>
>> Could you just omit this change?
>
> How about just "Programs that can export LilyPond code"?  If
> you don't like that I'll just keep the old version.

That's fine.

>> Hmm.  I know that the current entry for Strasheela uses
>> @qq, but I'd rather avoid that.  Could you omit the @qq,
>> or if you want to totally play by copyright law, ask
>> Trevor (off-list) for permission to re-use that sentence
>> fragment on our website?  Or just write a new one-sentence
>> description?
>
> Since the sentence is almost exactly what Trevor suggested
> off-list (I condensed it from two sentences), I prefer to
> keep the @qq, but if there's any other reason you don't like
> the @qq, let me know.

A @qq is a quotation.  Are we directly quoting their website?  Why?
Why can't we just write+use our own description -- especially since it
sounds like Trevor already did this?

I mean, if he said "sure, go ahead and describe it as a foobazzling
the bar", then I'm fine with that description -- but just remove the
@qq, and write:
  foo is a program which bazzles the bar.

I'm kind-of applying academic thinking here... when you mention a
paper in your "related work", you're not supposed to just quote a
sentence from their abstract; you're expected to write your own
description of the paper.  Dunno why this traditional originated.

>> While we're at it, could you write a new description for
>> [Strasheela]?  Again, I'd prefer to avoid a @qq unless
>> it's necessary.  If not, I'm happy to do this; I used
>> strasheela for my Masters degree.
>
> I wouldn't know what to write; if you want to write it in
> your reply, I'll add it to the patch.

I've added it to my TODO list, but I won't get to it until tomorrow.
If you want, you can move on with the patch, and I'll change it later.

Cheers,
- Graham