Re: GUI

[Federico Bruni]

Il 18/12/2009 06:32, Jonathan Wilkes ha scritto:
> LilyPondTool, Frescobaldi, Emacs and Vim are listed under "Alternate Input."  Since this 
> link is to the right of "Text Input," the implication
> is that they are alternatives to text input, which of course is false: All the 
> information under the "Text input" link applies to these programs.
>
> Maybe change "Alternate Input" to "Input software," or "Input programs,"
> or "Progams, At least One of Which You Will Use to Enter
> Your Scores if You At All Value Your Time and Sanity."

I can see your point.
In Alternate Input - except for Denemo and the list of software at the 
bottom of the page - all the programs are advanced or basic text 
editors: that is, they are based on text input, even if some are more 
friendly.

So I would see this way:
Text Input shows how the normal work with LilyPond is, and the title 
is perfect.
Alternate Input shows which editors you can use to produce that input. 
So the title - I agree with you - is not effective. For most of the 
programs listed it's still about writing text.

I think we should separate text editors (advanced text editors 
included) from the GUI options. It would be  more easy to see.. and 
more honest..

* Editors--> we put there first the advanced text editors 
(LilypondTool, Frescobaldi, LilyKDE) and then the basic ones (Emacs, Vim)

* GUI--> Denemo and the list of programs who can export to LilyPond 
format (we should move the command-line programs somewhere else..)

Optionally, we could add also:
* Alternate input--> this title is proper for the command-line 
programs listed at the bottom of the current Alternate Input page 
(xml2ly, midi2ly,..)

What do you think about that?

Federico
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