1 Toplevel README
*****************
-LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music
-using a description file as input. LilyPond is part of the GNU Project.
+LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using
+a description file as input. LilyPond is part of the GNU Project.
1.1 Versioning
==============
LilyPond uses a versioning scheme that easily identifies stable and
-development releases. In a version "x.y.z", an even second number 'y'
-denotes a stable version. For development versions 'y' is odd.
+development releases. In a version "x.y.z", an even second number ’y’
+denotes a stable version. For development versions ’y’ is odd.
1.2 Downloading
===============
The primary download site for sourcecode is
-`http://lilypond.org/download/'.
+<http://lilypond.org/downloads/>.
1.3 Compilation
===============
For compiling and running LilyPond see the installation instructions.
These instructions can be found when you unpack lilypond, as
-`lilypond-x.y.z/INSTALL.txt'. They are also available on the web at
-`http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.html'.
+‘lilypond-x.y.z/INSTALL.txt’. They are also available on the web at
+<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.html>.
1.4 Documentation
=================
-The documentation is available online at `http://lilypond.org/doc/'.
+The documentation is available online at <http://lilypond.org/doc/>.
You can also build it locally: follow the instructions under
-`Building documentation' in the installation instructions.
+‘Building documentation’ in the installation instructions.
1.5 Comments
============
-Send your criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc. to the mailing
+Send your criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc. to the mailing
list, not to us personally.
We have the following mailing lists:
- * info-lilypond@gnu.org
- (http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-lilypond) is a
- low-volume list for information on LilyPond project. This
- list is moderated; ask David R. Linn <drl@gnu.org> or
- Han-Wen <hanwen@xs4all.nl> to send announcements for this list.
+ • info-lilypond@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-lilypond) is a
+ low-volume list for information on LilyPond project. This list is
+ moderated; ask David R. Linn <drl@gnu.org> or Han-Wen
+ <hanwen@xs4all.nl> to send announcements for this list.
- * lilypond-devel@gnu.org
- (http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel) for
+ • lilypond-devel@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel) for
discussions about developing LilyPond, in particular the unstable
series.
- * lilypond-user@gnu.org
- (http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user) for
+ • lilypond-user@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user) for
discussions about using LilyPond, in particular the stable series.
- * bug-lilypond@gnu.org
- (http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond) for sending
+ • bug-lilypond@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond) for sending
bugreports.
- * lilypond-cvs@gnu.org
- (http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-cvs) for log files
- from the autobuild.
+ • lilypond-auto@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-auto) for
+ notifications from the issue tracking systems of LilyPond.
You can search the lists from our searching facilities
(http://lilypond.org/search).
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