Re: Ponding croaks

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On 7 mai 2012, at 10:05, David Kastrup wrote:

> "address@hidden" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> On 7 mai 2012, at 09:26, David Kastrup wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>    Perhaps we should include croaks in the pondings (somewhat akin to
>>    Bleats <URL:http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/111003>):
>>    interesting LilyPond oneliners, not necessarily restrained to 12
>>    characters, and their output.
>> 
>> 
>> This seems a bit long for the upper right corner - could you provide
>> more info?
> 
> I was thinking of single-bar things.
> 
>> It's important that these things lend credibility to LilyPond.  If
>> they're inside jokes or code humor, they may push people away.  It
>> would have to be accessible and understandable - something that makes
>> them want to use LilyPond.
> 
> Hm.  Sounds like my "croaks" are more like pondings for the manual
> rather than the front page.
> 

I think this is a great idea.  One of the reasons that "For Dummies" books are 
successful, in my opinion, is that they have certain fun asides for the reader 
that numb the pain of slugging through a new topic.

Cheers,
MS