1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
2 @setfilename lilypond.info
7 <!--- @@WEB-TITLE@@=User Manual --->
11 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info doing:
13 ./install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out/lilypond.info
16 @dircategory GNU music project
18 @c ;; prepend GNU for dir, must be unique
19 * GNU LilyPond: (lilypond). The GNU music typesetter.
20 * ly2dvi: (lilypond)Invoking ly2dvi:: Titling LilyPond scores.
21 * Glossary: (music-glossary). Glossary of music terms.
22 * convert-ly: (lilypond)Invoking convert-ly:: Older LilyPond versions.
23 * midi2ly: (lilypond)Invoking midi2ly:: Importing MIDI.
24 * etf2ly: (lilypond)Invoking etf2ly:: Importing Finale.
25 * abc2ly: (lilypond)Invoking abc2ly:: Importing ABC.
26 * pmx2ly: (lilypond)Invoking pmx2ly:: Importing PMX.
27 * musedata2ly: (lilypond)Invoking musedata2ly::
29 * mup2ly: (lilypond)Invoking mup2ly:: Importing MUP.
34 @omfcreator Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen
35 @omfdescription User manual of the LilyPond music engraving system
37 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
41 @c don't remove this comment.
47 * don't refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
50 * if you do, capitalization is LilyPond.
53 * don't explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
54 besides the reader and the writer.
56 * don't use abbreviations (don't, won't, etc.)
58 * avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'')
60 * avoid long stretches of input code. Noone is go to read them in
61 print. Instead refer to an example input file (@inputfileref), these
62 are clickable in HTML.
64 * abbrevs in caps, e.g. HTML, DVI, MIDI, etc.
69 This document is also available in @uref{../lilypond.ps.gz,gzipped
70 PostScript} and @uref{../lilypond.pdf,PDF}.
76 @subtitle The music typesetter
77 @author Han-Wen Nienhuys
78 @author Jan Nieuwenhuizen
79 @author J@"{u}rgen Reuter
84 Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2003 by the authors
86 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
87 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
88 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
89 with no Invariant Sections.
90 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
91 Free Documentation License''.
98 This file documents GNU LilyPond.
100 Copyright 1999--2003 by the authors
102 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
103 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
104 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
105 with no Invariant Sections.
106 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
107 Free Documentation License''.
116 @chapter GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
118 This is the user manual for GNU LilyPond 1.8.0.
122 A further source of information is the website, which can be found at
123 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/}. The website contains on-line copies of
124 this and other documentation.
126 @mbinclude dedication.itely
130 * Introduction:: What, Why, How.
131 * Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction.
132 * Notation manual:: All notation supported, and how to
134 * Literature:: Books about notation and engraving.
135 * Technical manual:: How it all works.
136 * Invoking LilyPond:: Operation.
137 * Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
138 * lilypond-book manual:: Integrating text and music with lilypond-book.
139 * Index:: Unified index.
140 * Reference manual details::
142 * GNU Free Documentation License:: FDL.
149 @mbinclude macros.itexi
150 @mbinclude preface.itely
151 @mbinclude introduction.itely
152 @mbinclude tutorial.itely
153 @mbinclude refman.itely
154 @mbinclude literature.itely
155 @mbinclude internals.itely
156 @mbinclude invoking.itexi
157 @mbinclude lilypond-book.itely
158 @mbinclude converters.itely
161 @c FIXME: Index has two alphabetically sorted lists @code vs plain?
167 @mbinclude appendices.itely
168 @mbinclude cheatsheet.itely