X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/lilypond.git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fman%2Fout%2Flilypond.1;h=d3e8212ed2ce71c0487fa138713e884e849096c3;hb=0d17e9c759bd61c9b20a7c4d9941a412c2a53f5f;hp=76386a29d6d3694d60058f7874862489e51b5ac6;hpb=34f168ae4ed3379964f4009e4a823a7114dcb71a;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/man/out/lilypond.1 b/Documentation/man/out/lilypond.1 index 76386a29d6..d3e8212ed2 100644 --- a/Documentation/man/out/lilypond.1 +++ b/Documentation/man/out/lilypond.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH "LilyPond" "1" "1998" "The LilyPond package" "The GNU Project Music Typesetter" +.TH "LilyPond" "1" "1999" "The LilyPond package" "The GNU Project Music Typesetter" .PP .PP .SH "NAME" @@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ beams, slurs, triplets, named chords, transposing, formatting scores, part extraction\&. It includes a nice font of musical symbols\&. .PP .SH "OPTIONS" -.IP "-I,--include=FILE" +.IP "-I,--include=" add \fBFILE\fP to the search path for input files\&. .IP "-M,--midi" -This disables TeX output\&. If you have a \emidi definition, it will do the +Disable TeX output\&. If you have a \emidi definition, it will do the midi output only\&. .IP "-d,--dependencies" Also output rules to be included in Makefile\&. @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Set init file to \fBFILE\fP (default: \fBinit\&.ly\fP)\&. .IP "--include, -I=DIRECTORY" Add \fBDIRECTORY\fP to the search path for input files\&. .IP "--ignore-version, -V" -Make incompatible mudela version non-fatal\&. +Make the incompatible mudela version warning non-fatal\&. .PP .SH "FEATURES" .PP @@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ MIDI output lets you check if you have entered the correct notes\&. .IP o MIDI to Mudela conversion through the mi2mu program\&. .IP o -Multiple staffs in one score\&. Each staff can have different meters\&. +Multiple staffs in one score\&. Each staff can have different time signatures\&. .IP o Beams, slurs, ties, chords, super/subscripts (accents and text) triplets, general n-plet (triplet, quadruplets, etc\&.), lyrics, -transposition dynamics (both absolute and hairpin style)\&. +transposition, dynamics (both absolute and hairpin style)\&. .IP o Multiple voices within one staff; beams optionally shared between voices\&. Up to four voices is handled cleanly\&. @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Clef changes, meter changes, cadenza-mode, key changes, repeat bars\&. .PP .SH "DISCLAIMER" .PP -GNU LilyPond is copyright 1996-1998 by its authors\&. GNU LilyPond is +GNU LilyPond is copyright 1996-1999 by its authors\&. GNU LilyPond is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License\&. GNU LilyPond is provided without any warranty what so ever\&. GNU LilyPond may be freely distributed\&. For further information consult @@ -85,15 +85,17 @@ the GNU General Public License, from the file \fBCOPYING\fP\&. .PP .SH "PROBLEMS" .PP -There is an extensive list of todoes and bugs\&. See \fBTODO\fP\&. If you -have a problem you should try to find out +There is an extensive list of todoes and bugs\&. See the file +\fBTODO\fP distributed with the sources\&. If you have a problem you +should try to find out .PP .IP o If the bug has been fixed in a newer release\&. .IP o If the bug has been found earlier, consult \fBTODO\fP and \fBBUGS\fP\&. .PP -If you have found a bug, then you should send a bugreport\&. +If you have found a bug, then we would appreciate it if you sent a +bugreport\&. .PP .IP o Send a copy of the input which causes the error\&. @@ -105,49 +107,53 @@ Send a description of the LilyPond version you use .IP o Send a description of the bug itself\&. .IP o -Send it to bug-gnu-music@gnu\&.org (you don\'t have to subscribe -to this mailinglist)\&. +Send it to bug-gnu-music@gnu\&.org; you don\'t have to be subscribed +to this mailinglist\&. .PP .SH "FILES" .IP "\fBinit\&.ly\fP" The initialisation file with symbol tables etc\&. It -includes files from the directory \fBinit/\fP\&. -.PP +includes files from the directory +\fBPREFIX/share/lilypond/ly/\fP\&. (\fBPREFIX\fP typically is \fB/usr/local\fP +) +.IP manspagesection(environment) -.PP +.IP .IP "LILYINCLUDE" additional directories for finding lilypond data\&. The format is like the format of \fBPATH\fP\&. +.IP "LILYPREFIX" +[FIXME] .IP "LANG" selects the language for the warning messages of LilyPond\&. -.PP +.IP .SH "BUGS" -.PP +.IP Lots of them\&. See \fBTODO\fP and \fBBUGS\fP -.PP +.IP .SH "SEE ALSO" -.PP -.IP "internals" -On technical details of LilyPond -.IP "mudela-man" -On the input format\&. This is a LilyPond-enhanced LaTeX document\&. +.IP +LilyPond comes with various other documentation files, but most are in +the form of manual pages\&. They are included in the source +package\&. Interesting documents include +.IP .IP "MANIFESTO" Goals of the GNU LilyPond project\&. .IP "FAQ" The GNU LilyPond FAQ list -.IP "GNU LilyPond" -has her own webpage\&. This webpage contains the MIDI, GIF and PS files for -some standard music files\&. It also has the complete LilyPond documentation -.PP -GNU LilyPond is -updated very frequently, the latest version is always available at: -ftp://ftp\&.cs\&.uu\&.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond\&. This FTP site is mirrored -at a number of sites; consult the project web pages for information -about mirrors\&. -.PP +.IP +A further source for information is the website, which can be found at +http://www\&.lilypond\&.org/\&. The website contains on-line versions +of the documentation +.IP +GNU LilyPond is updated very frequently, the latest version is always +available at: ftp://ftp\&.cs\&.uu\&.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond\&. This FTP +site is mirrored at a number of sites; consult the project web pages +for information about mirrors\&. +.IP For programs which are part of the GNU music project, the following mailing list have been setup: -.PP +.IP .IP "info-gnu-music@gnu\&.org" For information on the GNU Music project, to subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to info-gnu-music-request@gnu\&.org @@ -163,52 +169,24 @@ bug-gnu-music-request@gnu\&.org For discussions concerning the GNU Music project, to subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to gnu-music-discuss-request@gnu\&.org -.PP +.IP Announces of new versions will be sent to info-gnu-music and gnu-music-discuss\&. -.PP +.IP .SH "REMARKS" -.PP +.IP GNU LilyPond has no connection with the music package Rosegarden, other -than the names being similar (:-) -.PP -.SH "HISTORY" -.PP -(for a detailed changelog, see \fBNEWS\fP) -.PP -GNU LilyPond\'s roots lie in MPP, a preprocessor to the rather arcane -MusiXTeX macro package for TeX\&. A friend of mine, Jan Nieuwenhuizen -wrote the first 44 versions (0\&.01 to 0\&.44), then his program caught my -attention, and I was slowly sucked in to the interesting problem of -easily producing beautifully printed music\&. I contributed some -code\&. We soon realised that MPP\'s design was too fundamentally broken -to be repaired, so it was decided to rewrite MPP\&. We debated a lot about -the requirements to an inputformat (fall 1995)\&. I sat down and started -with a parser-first, bottom-up rewrite called mpp95 (which totally -failed, obviously)\&. -.PP -After long and hard thinking, I came up with an algorithm for the -horizontal spacing of multiple staffs (april 1996) I coded it (and did -not test it)\&. After starting with this fundamental piece, I slowly -added the stages which come before spacing, and after\&. A half year -later, I had a first working version, (october 1996)\&. I announced -Patchlevel 0\&.0\&.7 (or 8) to the mutex list after asking some technical -details on spacing; it was downloaded approximately 4 times\&. Then I -got the hang of it, and in the subsequent two months, I coded until it -had doubled in size (pl 23)\&. -.PP -Most the other history is described in the NEWS file\&. The first large -scale release (0\&.1) was done after approximately 78 patchlevels on -August 1, 1997\&. +than the names being similar :- .PP .SH "AUTHOR" .PP -Please consult the documentation file \fBAUTHORS\&.txt\fP for more detailed -information, and small contributions\&. -.PP .IP o Han-wen Nienhuys http://www\&.cs\&.uu\&.nl/people/hanwen .IP o Jan Nieuwenhuizen http://www\&.xs4all\&.nl/~jantien +.PP +Please consult the documentation file \fBAUTHORS\fP for more detailed +information, and small contributions\&. +.PP