- This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
+TITLE INFORMATION: This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
-LilyPond is the GNU Project music typesetter. This program
-can print beautiful sheet music from a music definition
-file. It can also play mechanical performances to a MIDI
-file. Features include multiple staffs, meters, clefs,
-keys, lyrics, versatile input language, cadenzas, beams,
-slurs, triplets, named chords, transposing, formatting
-scores, part extraction. It includes a nice font of musical
-symbols.
+ LilyPond is the GNU Project music typesetter. This program can print
+beautiful sheet music from a music definition file. It can also play
+mechanical performances to a MIDI file. Features include multiple
+staffs, meters, clefs, keys, lyrics, versatile input language, cadenzas,
+beams, slurs, triplets, named chords, transposing, formatting scores,
+part extraction. It includes a nice font of musical symbols.
1: VERSIONING
-LilyPond uses a versioning scheme similar to the Linux ker-
-nel. In a version "x.y.z", an even second number 'y'
-denotes a stable version. For development versions 'y' is
-odd. For using straightforward score production, please use
-the latest stable version. Development versions may not
-produce good or nice scores.
+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. For using straightforward score
+production, please use the latest stable version. Development versions
+may not produce good or nice scores.
2: REQUIREMENTS
-For the compilation and running of LilyPond you need some
-additional packages. Please refer to the installation
-instructions.
+For the compilation and running of LilyPond you need some additional
+packages. Please refer to the installation instructions.
-NOTE: If you downloaded a binary (.rpm or a W95/NT .zip
-file), then you don't have to compile LilyPond.
+NOTE: If you downloaded a binary (.rpm or a W95/NT .zip file), then
+you don't have to compile LilyPond.
3: INSTALLATION
-For your convenience, a formatted copy of the INSTALL
-instructions are in the toplevel directory, as INSTALL.txt
+For your convenience, a formatted copy of the INSTALL instructions are
+in the toplevel directory, as INSTALL.txt
-The process is fairly straightforward, but chances are that
-you have to specify directories for to configure: this is
-done with the options --enable-tex-dir and --enable-mf-dir
+The process is fairly straightforward, but chances are that you have
+to specify directories for TeX to configure: this is done with
+the options --enable-tex-dir and --enable-mf-dir
4: DOCUMENTATION
The real documentation is the directory Documentation/
-To generate the pretty-printed docs, you have to run config-
-ure first, and then do this:
+To generate the pretty-printed docs, you have to run configure first,
+and then do this:
-make doc
+ make doc
-You can also simply read the .yo sources. They are ASCII
-text. The complete documentation is accessible in formatted
-form at the website http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/hanwen/lily-
-pond/index.html
+You can also simply read the .yo sources. They are ASCII text.
+The complete documentation is accessible in formatted form at the
+website http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/hanwen/lilypond/index.html
5: COMMENTS
-LilyPond is a long way from finished and polished. We do
-appreciate criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc.
+LilyPond is a long way from finished and polished. We do appreciate
+criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc.
- Please send your e-mail to one of the MAILING LISTS
+ Please send your e-mail to one of the MAILING LISTS
-and not to us personally. See Documentation/links.yo for
-more info.
+and not to us personally. See Documentation/links.yo for more info.
6: WINDOWS 32
-If you have received this file as part of a DOS/Window32
-distribution (LilyPond-*.zip), then it is advisable to also
-download the source package, since it might contain more
-documentation ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/
+If you have received this file as part of a DOS/Window32 distribution
+(LilyPond-*.zip), then it is advisable to also download the source
+package, since it might contain more documentation
+ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/
-If you decide to build LilyPond from source, please read the
-INSTALL.txt document first, especially the Windows NT/95
-section.
+If you decide to build LilyPond from source, please read the INSTALL.txt
+document first, especially the Windows NT/95 section.
7: CAVEATS
-* Please read the file BUGS for some ugly bugs.
+* Please read the file BUGS for some ugly bugs.
-* If you have installed a previous version, be sure to
-remove old font files, eg
+* If you have installed a previous version, be sure to remove old font
+files, eg
+rm `find /var/lib/texmf/fonts -name 'feta*'`
- rm `find /var/lib/texmf/fonts -name 'feta*'`
-
-a script to do this for you is in buildscripts/clean-
-fonts.sh
+a script to do this for you is in buildscripts/clean-fonts.sh
8: CDROM DISTRIBUTIONS
-If you have received LilyPond on a cdrom, chances are that
-development has moved a some patchlevels up. Please check
-the latest version of LilyPond before reporting bugs.
+If you have received LilyPond on a cdrom, chances are that development
+has moved a some patchlevels up. Please check the latest version of
+LilyPond before reporting bugs.
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