release: 1.0.19.uu3

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / faq.yo

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--- a/Documentation/faq.yo
+++ b/Documentation/faq.yo
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Note: relative paths are meant to be relative to the source directory
 
 sect(Installing)
 
-question(Wow, the webpages look really neat, but if I install the .exe
-file on my DOS/windows 3.11 machine, it doesn't work.)
+question(If I install the .exe file on my DOS/windows 3.11 machine, it
+doesn't work.)
 
 The DOS port is done with the cygnus gnu/windows32 port of the GNU utils.
 It does em(not) work with windows 3.x; you need Windows-NT (95/98?).  This
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ The directory  file(~/usr/src/) contains something like
 includefile(../stepmake/Documentation/layout.yo)
 )      
 
-~/usr/src/bin is in the PATH, and contains symlinks to the
-compiled executables.  
+~/usr/src/bin is in the PATH, and contains symbolic links to the
+compiled executables.
 
 question(Is there an emacs mode?)
 
@@ -78,9 +78,28 @@ Yes.  It is included with the source archive as mudela-mode.el.  If
 you have an rpm it is in /usr/doc/lilypond-X/.  You have to install it
 yourself.
 
+question(How do i create the file(.tfm) files?)
+
+You don't.  The file(.tfm) files should be generated automatically by
+Metafont when you run TeX().  Check your TeX() installation, or ask
+your local TeX() guru.  The supplied file(.afm) files are intended to
+be used by LilyPond, not by any other programs.
+
+
+sect(Documentation)
+
+question(Why is the documentation/website/etc. so lousy?)
+
+LilyPond development is moving quite fast, documentation will often
+lag a bit behind.  We must always make a choice between writing more
+doco, writing more code and answering email.
+
+If you think you can make a correction, or devised a solution that 
+should be documented, please do so and send in a patch.
+
 sect(Language: mudela)
 
-question(Why can't you type code(#c) in stead of code(cis) ?)
+question(Why can't you type code(#c) instead of code(cis) ?)
 
 We think that code(#c) looks as if you are entering the symbols to
 print (which you are not; remember, you're entering the musical
@@ -164,6 +183,12 @@ Yes and no.  At this time you can choose between 11, 13, 16, 19,
 (yet).  Look at file(standchen.ly) for an example.
 
 
+question(Do you support Gregorian chant notation?)
+
+No.  There is no reason why LilyPond can't be extended to do so, but
+we haven't done it yet (and there are currently no plans to do it).
+
+
 sect(How do I ....)
 
 question(How do I change the TeX layout?)