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3 @settitle Toplevel README
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12 @chapter This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
15 LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music
16 using a high level description file as input. LilyPond is part of
21 LilyPond uses a versioning scheme similar to the Linux kernel. In a
22 version "x.y.z", an even second number 'y' denotes a stable version.
23 For development versions 'y' is odd.
25 Version 1.6 is the latest stable release.
29 The primary download site for sourcecode is
30 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/}.
32 If you have a slow connection, then you are advised to use
33 @uref{ftp://ftp.xcf.berkeley.edu/pub/xdelta/,xdelta} for patching
34 source archives; Xdelta (@file{.xd}) files are supplied on the FTP site.
38 For compiling and running LilyPond please refer to the installation
39 instructions. These instructions can be found when you unpack
40 lilypond, as @file{lilypond-x.y.z/INSTALL.txt}. They are also
41 available on the web at
42 @uref{http://lilypond.org/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html}.
44 NOTE: If you downloaded a binary (@file{.rpm} or a W95/NT @file{.zip}
45 file), you don't have to compile LilyPond.
48 @section Documentation
50 The documentation is available online at
51 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/Documentation/out-www/index.html}.
53 You can also build it locally: follow the instructions under `Building
54 website' in the installation instructions.
59 LilyPond is a long way from finished so we appreciate your criticism,
60 comments, bugreports, patches, etc. Please send them to the mailing
61 list, @emph{not} to us personally.
64 <a name="mailing-lists">
67 We have the following mailing lists:
70 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-lilypond,info-lilypond@@gnu.org}
71 is a low-volume list for information on the GNU Music project.
72 This list is moderated; ask
73 @email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
74 @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to send announcements for this
78 @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel,lilypond-devel@@gnu.org}
79 For discussions about developing lilypond, in particular the unstable series.
81 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user,lilypond-user@@gnu.org}
82 For discussions about using lilypond, in particular the stable series.
84 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond,bug-lilypond@@gnu.org}
85 If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list.
87 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-cvs,lilypond-cvs@@gnu.org}
88 Commit messages for CVS development. This is a high-volume moderated
92 You can search the lists from the following page:
93 @uref{http://lilypond.org/search, searching facilities}.
97 If you have received this file as part of a DOS/Window32 distribution
98 (@file{LilyPond-*.zip}), it is advisable to also download the
99 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/,source package}, since it
100 might contain more documentation
104 If you have installed a previous version, be sure to remove old font
107 rm `find /var/lib/texmf/fonts -name 'feta*'`
109 a script to do this for you is left
110 @file{buildscripts/out/clean-fonts}
114 Send bug reports to @email{bug-lilypond@@gnu.org}. For help and
115 questions use @email{lilypond-user@@gnu.org}. Please consult the
116 documentation before mailing your problems.