+Toplevel README
+***************
+1 Toplevel README
+*****************
-This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
-***************************************
+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 high level description file as input. LilyPond is part of the
-GNU Project.
+1.1 Versioning
+==============
-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.
- LilyPond uses a versioning scheme similar to the Linux kernel. In a
-version "x.y.z", an even second number 'y' denotes a stable version.
-For development versions 'y' is odd.
+1.2 Downloading
+===============
- Version 1.4 is the latest stable release.
+The primary download site for sourcecode is
+`http://lilypond.org/download/'.
-Compilation
-===========
+1.3 Compilation
+===============
- For compiling and running LilyPond please refer to the installation
-instructions. These instructions can be found when you unpack lilypond,
-as `lilypond-x.y.z/INSTALL.txt'.
+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'.
- NOTE: If you downloaded a binary (.rpm or a W95/NT .zip file), you
-don't have to compile LilyPond.
+1.4 Documentation
+=================
-Documentation
-=============
+The documentation is available online at `http://lilypond.org/doc/'.
- The documentation is available online at `http://www.lilypond.org/'.
-You can also build it locally. This does require a working LilyPond
-binary. The following formats are supported:
- * HTML. Refer to INSTALL.txt for information on how to make the HTML
- documentation.
+ You can also build it locally: follow the instructions under
+`Building documentation' in the installation instructions.
- * `.dvi', for the tutorial and reference manual. Do
+1.5 Comments
+============
- make -C Documentation/user/ dvi
- The printable documentation is left in `Documentation/user/out/'.
-
- * paper. Create the .dvi documentation, and print it with dvips.
-
-
-Comments
-========
-
- LilyPond is a long way from finished and polished, so please send
-your criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc., to the mailing
-list, _not_ to us personally.
+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 the GNU Music project.
- This list is moderated; ask David R. Linn <drl@gnu.org> or
- Han-Wen <hanwen@cs.uu.nl> to send announcements for this list.
+ (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
- discussions about developing lilypond, in particular the unstable
+ (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
- discussions about using lilypond, in particular the stable series.
+ (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) If you have
- bugreports, you should send them to this list.
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond) for sending
+ bugreports.
-Windows 32
-==========
+ * lilypond-cvs@gnu.org
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-cvs) for log
+ files from the autobuild.
- If you have received this file as part of a DOS/Window32 distribution
-(`LilyPond-*.zip'), it is advisable to also download the source package
-(ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/), since it might contain more
-documentation
+ You can search the lists from our searching facilities
+(http://lilypond.org/search).
-Caveats
-=======
-
- If you have installed a previous version, be sure to remove old font
-files, eg.,
- rm `find /var/lib/texmf/fonts -name 'feta*'`
-
- a script to do this for you is in `buildscripts/out/clean-fonts'
-
-Bugs
-====
+1.6 Bugs
+========
- Send bug reports to <bug-lilypond@gnu.org>. For help and questions
-use <lilypond-user@gnu.org>. Please consult the FAQ and installation
-instructions before mailing your problems.
+Send bug reports to <bug-lilypond@gnu.org>. For help and questions use
+<lilypond-user@gnu.org>.
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