1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
2 @setfilename lilypond.info
6 <!--- @@WEB-TITLE@@=User Manual --->
10 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info doing:
12 ./install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out/lilypond.info
15 @dircategory GNU music project
17 @c ;; prepend GNU for dir, must be unique
18 * GNU LilyPond: (lilypond). The GNU music typesetter.
19 * ly2dvi: (lilypond)Invoking ly2dvi:: Titling LilyPond scores.
20 * Glossary: (music-glossary). Glossary of music terms.
21 * convert-ly: (lilypond)Invoking convert-ly:: Older LilyPond versions.
22 * midi2ly: (lilypond)Invoking midi2ly:: Importing MIDI.
23 * etf2ly: (lilypond)Invoking etf2ly:: Importing Finale.
24 * abc2ly: (lilypond)Invoking abc2ly:: Importing ABC.
25 * pmx2ly: (lilypond)Invoking pmx2ly:: Importing PMX.
26 * musedata2ly: (lilypond)Invoking musedata2ly::
28 * mup2ly: (lilypond)Invoking mup2ly:: Importing MUP.
33 @omfcreator Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen
34 @omfdescription User manual of the LilyPond music engraving system
36 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
40 @c don't remove this comment.
46 * don't refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
49 * if you do, capitalization is LilyPond.
52 * don't explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
53 besides the reader and the writer.
55 * don't use abbreviations (don't, won't, etc.)
57 * avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'')
59 * avoid long stretches of input code. Noone is go to read them in
60 print. Instead refer to an example input file (@inputfileref), these
61 are clickable in HTML.
66 This document is also available in @uref{../lilypond.ps.gz,gzipped
67 PostScript} and @uref{../lilypond.pdf,PDF}.
73 @subtitle The music typesetter
74 @author Han-Wen Nienhuys
75 @author Jan Nieuwenhuizen
76 @author J@"{u}rgen Reuter
81 Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2003 by the authors
83 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
84 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
85 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
86 with no Invariant Sections.
87 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
88 Free Documentation License''.
95 This file documents GNU LilyPond.
97 Copyright 1999--2003 by the authors
99 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
100 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
101 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
102 with no Invariant Sections.
103 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
104 Free Documentation License''.
113 @chapter GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
115 This is the user manual for GNU LilyPond 1.8.0.
119 A further source of information is the website, which can be found at
120 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/}. The website contains on-line copies of
121 this and other documentation.
123 @mbinclude dedication.itely
127 * Introduction:: What, Why, How.
128 * Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction.
129 * Notation manual:: All notation supported, and how to
131 * Literature:: Books about notation and engraving.
132 * Technical manual:: How it all works.
133 * Invoking LilyPond:: Operation.
134 * Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
135 * lilypond-book manual:: Integrating text and music with lilypond-book.
136 * Index:: Unified index.
137 * Reference manual details::
139 * GNU Free Documentation License:: FDL.
146 @mbinclude macros.itexi
147 @mbinclude preface.itely
148 @mbinclude introduction.itely
149 @mbinclude tutorial.itely
150 @mbinclude refman.itely
151 @mbinclude literature.itely
152 @mbinclude internals.itely
153 @mbinclude invoking.itexi
154 @mbinclude lilypond-book.itely
155 @mbinclude converters.itely
158 @c FIXME: Index has two alphabetically sorted lists @code vs plain?
164 @mbinclude appendices.itely
165 @mbinclude cheatsheet.itely