[CM] looking for documentation for beginner

[Rick Taube]

actually most of this got folded into the book in one form or another 
with examples and sound snippets added. But it would seem that cm needs 
to have topical overviews included in the dictionary to provide context 
for the entries themselves.


>   Objects
>   Processes
>   IO
>   Scales
>   Data
>   Patterns
>   Plotter
>   Utilities
>   Index
>
> I got it with an earlier version of CM (2.3.4, I think) and, although
> some parts of it are obsolete, I still find it a useful reference.
> It explains CM systematically rather than a word at a time.
> It seems to be no longer available on the CM web site.  If you like,
> I'll send you a copy.
>
> Michael Mossey writes:
>> Hi, I'm new to CM.  For documentation, I've found the Common Music
>> Dictionary, and a couple online references to Common Lisp.  I'm still
>> confused on a lot of points.  The example CM code uses "define", 
>> "new", and
>> passes a lot of arguments via :of.  None of these are explained in 
>> either
>> the Common Music Dictionary or the Common Lisp sources. They seem to 
>> be
>> idioms specific to CM, but where are they documented?
>>
>> Second question: does CLM work under the combination CLISP/Win XP?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
>>
>>
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