Re: [GLISS] basics

[Thomas Morley]

2012/10/2 Francisco Vila <address@hidden>:
> 2012/9/24 Janek Warchoł <address@hidden>:
>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Francisco Vila <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 2012/9/24 Janek Warchoł <address@hidden>:
>>>> I also think that it will take more than a week to collect all user 
>>>> feedback.
>>>
>>> What about making a short survey in English which we'll translate for
>>> our lists? That would give coherency to the responses.
>>
>> Good idea.  For starters:
>>
>> 1) what do you find confusing in LilyPond syntax?  For example, are
>> you sometimes uncertain in what order should you write code elements,
>> or what capitalization to use?
>> 2) is there anything particularly unreadable or cryptic in LilyPond
>> syntax?  Names or symbols that don't fit the objects they represent?
>> 3) what do you find inconvenient in LilyPond syntax?  For example,
>> something that feels easy to describe, but needs a lot of coding to
>> get done?
>> 4) what do you find difficult to express in LilyPond syntax?  For
>> example, things that need to be done by moving something manually
>> instead of describing the logic behind it.
>>
>> Oh, and some "preamble" about our motivation.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Janek
>
> Hey, has anyone translated/sent the survey? Should we re-take this
> interesting initiative? I propose to limit the questions to four as
> they are.
>
> --
> Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain)
> www.paconet.org , www.csmbadajoz.com

Hi Francisco,

I translated the questions as Janek proposed and posted them at the
german LilyPond-Forum.
http://www.lilypondforum.de/index.php?topic=1213.0
I've got many replies. Some of them are very interesting. I plan to
post a commented list of the suggestions/complains next weekend.

-Harm