1 .TH "LilyPond" "1" "1999" "The LilyPond package" "The GNU Project Music Typesetter"
5 LilyPond \- the GNU Music Typesetter
8 \fBlilypond\fP [OPTION]\&.\&.\&. [MUDELA-FILE]\&.\&.\&.
12 LilyPond is the GNU Project music typesetter\&. It transforms a musical
13 description file into beautiful sheet music\&.
18 add \fBFILE\fP to the search path for input files\&.
20 Disable TeX output\&. If you have a \emidi definition, it will do the
22 .IP "-d,--dependencies"
23 Also output rules to be included in Makefile\&.
25 Turn debugging info on\&. GNU LilyPond reads the file \fB\&.dstreamrc\fP,
26 which lists what functions and classes may produce copious debugging
29 Disallow untrusted \f(CW\einclude\fP directives, backslashes in
30 code and named output\&.
32 Switch on any experimental features\&. Not for general public use\&.
34 Show the warranty with which GNU LilyPond comes\&. (It comes with
36 .IP "-o,--output=FILE"
37 Set the default output file to \fBFILE\fP\&.
39 Show a summary of usage\&.
41 Set init file to \fBFILE\fP (default: \fBinit\&.ly\fP)\&.
42 .IP "--include, -I=DIRECTORY"
43 Add \fBDIRECTORY\fP to the search path for input files\&.
44 .IP "--ignore-version, -V"
45 Make the incompatible mudela version warning non-fatal\&.
49 This is an overview of the features that GNU LilyPond supports\&. For
50 details on how to use them, you should consult the Mudela tutorial,
51 which is included with the package\&.
54 ASCII script input, with identifiers (for music reuse),
55 customizable notenames, customisable fontset\&.
57 MIDI output lets you check if you have entered the correct notes\&.
59 MIDI to Mudela conversion through the mi2mu program\&.
61 Multiple staffs in one score\&. Each staff can have different time signatures\&.
63 Beams, slurs, ties, chords, super/subscripts (accents and text)
64 triplets, general n-plet (triplet, quadruplets, etc\&.), lyrics,
65 transposition, dynamics (both absolute and hairpin style)\&.
67 Multiple voices within one staff; beams optionally shared
68 between voices\&. Up to four voices is handled cleanly\&.
70 Multiple scores within one input file\&. Each score is output to
73 Clef changes, meter changes, cadenza-mode, key changes, repeat bars\&.
77 GNU LilyPond is copyright 1996-1999 by its authors\&. GNU LilyPond is
78 distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License\&. GNU LilyPond
79 is provided without any warranty what so ever\&.
80 GNU LilyPond may be freely distributed\&. For further information consult
81 the GNU General Public License, from the file \fBCOPYING\fP\&.
85 There is an extensive list of todoes and bugs\&. See the file
86 \fBTODO\fP distributed with the sources\&. If you have a problem you
87 should try to find out
90 If the bug has been fixed in a newer release\&.
92 If the bug has been found earlier, consult \fBTODO\fP and \fBBUGS\fP\&.
94 If you have found a bug, then we would appreciate it if you sent a
98 Send a copy of the input which causes the error\&.
100 Send a description of the platform you use\&.
102 Send a description of the LilyPond version you use
103 (with compile/configure options please)\&.
105 Send a description of the bug itself\&.
107 Send it to bug-gnu-music@gnu\&.org; you don\'t have to be subscribed
108 to this mailinglist\&.
111 .IP "\fBinit\&.ly\fP"
112 The initialisation file with symbol tables etc\&. It
113 includes files from the directory
114 \fBPREFIX/share/lilypond/ly/\fP\&. (\fBPREFIX\fP typically is \fB/usr/local\fP
117 manspagesection(environment)
120 additional directories for finding lilypond data\&. The
121 format is like the format of \fBPATH\fP\&.
125 selects the language for the warning messages of LilyPond\&.
129 Lots of them\&. See \fBTODO\fP and \fBBUGS\fP
133 LilyPond comes with various other documentation files\&. They are
134 included in the source package\&.
136 A further source for information is the website, which can be found at
137 http://www\&.lilypond\&.org/\&. The website contains on-line versions
140 GNU LilyPond is updated very frequently, the latest version is always
141 available at: ftp://ftp\&.cs\&.uu\&.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond\&. This FTP
142 site is mirrored at a number of sites; consult the project web pages
143 for information about mirrors\&.
145 For programs which are part of the GNU music project, the following
146 mailing list have been setup:
148 .IP "info-gnu-music@gnu\&.org"
149 For information on the GNU Music project, to subscribe: send mail with
150 subject "subscribe" to info-gnu-music-request@gnu\&.org
151 .IP "help-gnu-music@gnu\&.org"
152 For help with programs from the GNU music project\&. To subscribe: send
153 mail with subject "subscribe" to help-gnu-music-request@gnu\&.org
154 .IP "bug-gnu-music@gnu\&.org"
155 If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list\&. If you want
156 to read all bugreports, you should subscribe to this list\&. To
157 subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
158 bug-gnu-music-request@gnu\&.org
159 .IP "gnu-music-discuss@gnu\&.org"
160 For discussions concerning the GNU Music project, to subscribe: send
161 mail with subject "subscribe" to
162 gnu-music-discuss-request@gnu\&.org
164 Announces of new versions will be sent to info-gnu-music and
169 GNU LilyPond has no connection with the music package Rosegarden, other
170 than the names being similar :-)
175 Han-wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs\&.uu\&.nl>
176 http://www\&.cs\&.uu\&.nl/people/hanwen
178 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu\&.org>
179 http://www\&.xs4all\&.nl/~jantien
181 Please consult the documentation file \fBAUTHORS\fP for more detailed
182 information, and small contributions\&.