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3 @settitle LilyPond homepage
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32 @unnumberedsec LilyPond -- The GNU Project Music Typesetter
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36 @unnumberedsec What is LilyPond?
38 LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using
39 a high level description file as input. It excels at typesetting
40 classical music, but you can also print pop-songs. With LilyPond we
41 hope to make music publication software available to anyone on the
44 @unnumberedsec Why should I use it?
46 The input to LilyPond is plain text. So, you can use your favorite text
47 editor to enter it, you can put it in mail or embed it in an article like
51 @mudela[fragment,verbatim]
52 \relative c'' { \key es; r8 [c16 b] [c8 g] [as c16 b] [c8 d] | g,4 }
56 The output looks very good: the font and the layout algorithms were
57 inspired by engraved music, so you can expect that same clear and
58 elegant look from your LilyPond output. And if you don't like the
59 looks, you can tweak almost everything.
61 The program also has limited MIDI functionality: you can write MIDI
62 files with lilypond, and we have a simple MIDI to lilypond conversion
65 LilyPond is free software. It is licensed under GNU General Public
66 License, so you can use, modify and redistribute the program with
67 almost no restrictions. LilyPond is part of the
68 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/,GNU Project}.
70 The version numbers are in Linux-kernel style: even numbered versions
71 are `stable'. The webpages for the stable version (1.2) reside at GNU,
72 here: @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond}. Big enhancements go
73 into the latest odd numbered version (1.3), which webpages are on
74 @uref{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/,Han-Wen's site}.
76 If want more information, you can browse the
77 @uref{Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond.html, manual} or other
78 @uref{Documentation/out-www/index.html, documentation}.
83 For the latest and greatest features, check out the
84 @uref{Documentation/out-www/CHANGES.txt, Change Log}.
90 @unnumberedsec Sheet music
93 If you are interested in sheet music typeset by LilyPond, have a look at
94 the examples included. We have @uref{./input/out-www/index.html,short
95 examples} and @uref{./mutopia/out-www/index.html,longer examples}. The
96 examples include sound bites in MIDI, pictures in PNG, printable scores
97 in PostScript, and LilyPond input.
99 Others use LilyPond too.
100 @uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/harpsichord.html,John
101 Sankey}, harpsichordist to the internet, is typesetting the complete
102 @uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/scarlattidwn.html/,sonatas
103 by Scarlatti}. Jeff Covey, guitar player and overall nice guy, is
104 putting @uref{http://www4.smart.net/~jcovey/scores/,guitar music} on the
105 net. The @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Mutopia/,Mutopia project} is a
106 large archive of public domain sheet music under construction.
111 @unnumberedsec Download
113 If you want to compile LilyPond from source, download here:
115 @item Download stable releases at
116 @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/lilypond/}
117 @item Download development releases at
118 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/}
119 @item Canadian mirror @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/lilypond/} and @uref{ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/}
120 @item Another site in Europe
121 @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/}
124 Installing and compiling requires many additional packages, which are
125 listed in the @uref{Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html, installation instructions}.
127 There are binaries available, but alas they are not updated for every version released.
130 binary RPMs: @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/}
132 @item Debian binary @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/tex}
133 @item i386 RPM: @uref{http://linux.umbc.edu/software/lilypond/rpms/}
134 @item Windows NT: @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/}
139 <a name="mailing-lists">
141 @unnumberedsec Mailing list
143 If you have questions, do write to the mailing lists!
144 (But don't forget to read the @uref{Documentation/out-www/faq.html,
145 Frequently Asked Questions} first.)
150 <a href="#download">Download</a>
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168 @item info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
169 is a moderated list for information on the GNU Music project, to
170 subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
171 info-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org.
173 As this list is moderated, normal people should ask to
174 @email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
175 @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to forward announces instead of
176 sending it to info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
178 This list is archived at
179 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/info-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
181 @item help-gnu-music@@gnu.org
182 For help with LilyPond music project. To subscribe: send
183 mail with subject "subscribe" to
184 @email{help-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org} The archive is at
185 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/help-gnu-music@@gnu.org}.
187 @item bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org
188 If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list. If you
189 want to know about bugs, subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
190 @email{bug-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org}. The archive is at
191 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
192 @item gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org,
193 For discussions concerning LilyPond, to subscribe: send
194 mail with subject "subscribe" to
195 @email{gnu-music-discuss-request@@gnu.org}
197 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org}
202 @unnumberedsubsec Webmaster's Disclaimer
204 These pages were entirely created from a @strong{development snapshots}
205 of the LilyPond package. The version of this webpage is printed at the
206 bottom. If you want to volunteer for making more beautiful webpages,
212 <a href="#download">Download</a>
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