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Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU
From: |
John Mandereau |
Subject: |
Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:34:40 +0200 |
2008/8/11 Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) <address@hidden>:
> My point is that lilypond-user reading users won't get used to it. Many of
> them are newcomers and beginners. They don't usually follow the
> conversations on the list.
>
> Perhaps it's because of my software developer experience, but I am strongly
> and seriously against abbreviations and acronyms in any case. Reading and
> interpreting abbreviated text needs much more overhead than what you gain
> during write time. Not to mention better text editors where you can define
> abbreviations thus eliminating write time overhead.
After having read the whole thread, I second your suggestion to drop
all acronyms for our manuals names.
If we doc writers and developers can figure out almost instantly what
these acronyms mean when talking on -devel list, then we ne don't need
them in the documentation index either; moreover, on my Linux box with
Firefox 3 this page looks good with a 800 pixels screen width only if
we remove those acronyms, so I will remove them unless there is any
serious objection. If we ever need to remember the meaning of one
acronym, a quick glance at the titles in the documentation index is
enough.
Cheers,
John
- Re: it's all up to you users (was: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU), (continued)
- Re: it's all up to you users (was: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU), Ralph Palmer, 2008/08/18
- Re: it's all up to you users (was: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU), Graham Percival, 2008/08/25
- Re: it's all up to you users (was: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU), John Mandereau, 2008/08/18
- Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU, Patrick Horgan, 2008/08/13
- Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU, Peter Wright, 2008/08/13
- Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU, Patrick Horgan, 2008/08/12
- Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU, Valentin Villenave, 2008/08/12
- Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU, Graham Percival, 2008/08/12
- Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU, Valentin Villenave, 2008/08/12
- Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU, Trevor Daniels, 2008/08/13
- Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU,
John Mandereau <=
Re: Please forget LM MG NR IR SL AU, Mats Bengtsson, 2008/08/11