Documentation/usage.tely

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   3     Translation of GIT committish: FILL-IN-HEAD-COMMITTISH
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   5     When revising a translation, copy the HEAD committish of the
   6     version that you are working on.  For details, see the Contributors'
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  10 @setfilename lilypond-usage.info
  11 @settitle LilyPond Application Usage
  12 @documentencoding UTF-8
  13 @documentlanguage en
  14 @afourpaper
  15
  16 @dircategory GNU LilyPond --- the music typesetter
  17 @direntry
  18 * LilyPond Application Usage: (lilypond-usage). Installing and running applications.
  19 * lilypond: (lilypond-usage)Running lilypond.      Invoking the LilyPond program.
  20 * abc2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking abc2ly.      Importing ABC.
  21 * convert-ly: (lilypond-usage)Updating files with convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
  22 * etf2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking etf2ly.      Importing Finale.
  23 * lilypond-book: (lilypond-usage)lilypond-book. Integrating text and music.
  24 * midi2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking midi2ly.    Importing MIDI.
  25 * musicxml2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking musicxml2ly.  Importing MusicXML.
  26 @end direntry
  27
  28 @macro manualIntro
  29 This file explains how to execute the programs distributed with
  30 LilyPond version @version{}.  In addition, it suggests some
  31 @qq{best practices} for efficient usage.
  32 @end macro
  33
  34 @c `Usage' was born 1999-10-10 with git commit c82c30c...
  35 @macro copyrightDeclare
  36 Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2011 by the authors.
  37 @end macro
  38
  39 @set FDL
  40 @include macros.itexi
  41
  42
  43 @c don't remove this comment.
  44 @ignore
  45 @omfcreator Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen and Graham Percival
  46 @omfdescription Application Usage of the LilyPond music engraving system
  47 @omftype program usage
  48 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
  49 @omflanguage English
  50 @end ignore
  51
  52
  53 @lilyTitlePage{Usage}
  54
  55
  56 @c TOC -- non-tex
  57 @ifnottex
  58
  59 @c  maybe add a "Tasks" or "Specific tasks" or something like
  60 @c  that, after Suggestions  -gp
  61 @menu
  62 * Running lilypond::               Operation.
  63 * Updating files with convert-ly:: Updating input files.
  64 * lilypond-book::                  Integrating text and music.
  65 * External programs::              Mixing LilyPond and other programs.
  66 * Suggestions for writing files::  Best practices and effective bug-fixing.
  67
  68 Appendices
  69
  70 * GNU Free Documentation License:: License of this document.
  71 * LilyPond index::
  72 @end menu
  73
  74 @docMain
  75 @end ifnottex
  76
  77
  78 @contents
  79
  80 @allowcodebreaks false
  81
  82 @include usage/running.itely
  83 @include usage/updating.itely
  84 @include usage/lilypond-book.itely
  85 @include usage/external.itely
  86 @include usage/suggestions.itely
  87
  88 @include fdl.itexi
  89
  90 @node LilyPond index
  91 @appendix LilyPond index
  92
  93 @printindex cp
  94
  95 @bye