[tdf-discuss] Re: Suggestion to expand user base: enable screenplay formatting with LibreOffice

Le 2010-11-14 17:12, Robert Derman a écrit :

> I remember mentioning in a recent email that I thought that with its
> corporate leaning OOo might end up tailored for lawyers and accountants
> and LO would end up being oriented to screenwriters, novelists,
> musicians/composers. In other words LO would become the darling of the
> artistic community. Unless I am mistaken, and in this case I don't think
> I am, most of the people in the artistic community don't have a lot of
> money to throw at obtaining tools for their craft. I myself am writing
> two novels and a daily journal at this time using this full size laptop
> and a copy of OOo. If LO were to become the tool of choice for the
> artistic community, this would likely greatly increase its visibility to
> the general public, (most people I mention OpenOffice to have never
> heard of it) do to frequent mention in the media which tends to pay a
> great deal of attention to the artistic community. I could be wrong in
> this, as I am not an expert in such things, but I suspect that a
> template/and/or extension for Draw might make it able to do musical
> notation very conveniently. If this were the case, I can imagine it
> getting a huge amount of press coverage!
Hi Robert:

You may want to read up on the discussion thread on the marketing 
mailist that proposes creating a LibreOffice Template Team that would 
work closely with various specialists in different subject categories. 
These specialist, who would have an interest in creating specialised 
templates, could be paired with "Template Developer Mentors" who in turn 
would help teach and direct the specialists in creating these templates. 
Much like you propose.

You can find the discussion here:
http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/msg00745.html

You may want to join the marketing mailist to add your opinion to the 
discussion. Disclaimer: I initiated the tread and am still very 
interested in setting it up eventually.

Re: music through Draw for musical notation. I think this would only be 
of value for the most basic of work. There are already many good music 
software programmes out in the OSS world. I don't think that LibreOffice 
could ever make a name for itself this way as it is the wrong tool for 
music making/creating.

Marc


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