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11 <a href="#download">Download</a>
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15 <a href="Documentation/out-www/index.html">Documentation</a>
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29 @unnumberedsec LilyPond -- The GNU Project Music Typesetter
31 @c something breaks on 3.12 f
33 @unnumberedsec What is LilyPond?
35 LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using
36 a high level description file as input. It excels at typesetting
37 classical music, but you can also print pop-songs. With LilyPond we
38 hope to make music publication software available to anyone on the
41 @unnumberedsec Why should I use it?
43 The input to LilyPond is plain text. So, you can use your favorite text
44 editor to enter it, you can put it in mail or embed it in an article like
48 @mudela[fragment,verbatim]
49 \relative c'' { \key es; r8 [c16 b] [c8 g] [as c16 b] [c8 d] | g,4 }
53 The output looks very good: the font and the layout algorithms were
54 inspired by engraved music, so you can expect that same clear and
55 elegant look from your LilyPond output. And if you don't like the
56 looks, you can tweak almost everything.
58 The program also has limited MIDI functionality: you can write MIDI
59 files with lilypond, and we have a simple MIDI to lilypond conversion
62 LilyPond is free software. It is licensed under GNU General Public
63 License, so you can use, modify and redistribute the program with
64 almost no restrictions. LilyPond is part of the
65 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/,GNU Project}.
67 The version numbers are in Linux-kernel style: even numbered versions
68 are `stable'. The webpages for the stable version (1.2) reside at GNU,
69 here: @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond}. Big enhancements go
70 into the latest odd numbered version (1.3); its webpages are on
71 @uref{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/,Han-Wen's site}.
73 If want more information, you can browse the
74 @uref{Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond.html, manual} or other
75 @uref{Documentation/out-www/index.html, documentation}.
80 For the latest and greatest features, check out the
81 @uref{Documentation/out-www/CHANGES.txt, Change Log}.
87 @unnumberedsec Sheet music
90 If you are interested in sheet music typeset by LilyPond, have a look at
91 the examples included. We have @uref{short-examples.html,short
92 examples} and @uref{long-examples.html,longer examples}. The
93 examples include sound bites in MIDI, pictures in PNG, printable scores
94 in PostScript, and LilyPond input.
96 Others use LilyPond too.
97 @uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/harpsichord.html,John
98 Sankey}, harpsichordist to the internet, is typesetting the complete
99 @uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/scarlattidwn.html,sonatas
100 by Scarlatti}. Jeff Covey, guitar player and overall nice guy, is
101 putting @uref{http://www4.smart.net/~jcovey/scores/,guitar music} on the
102 net. The @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Mutopia/,Mutopia project} is a
103 large archive of public domain sheet music under construction.
108 @unnumberedsec Download
110 If you want to compile LilyPond from source, download here:
112 @item Download stable releases at
113 @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/lilypond/}
114 @item Download development releases at
115 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/}
116 @item Canadian mirror @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/lilypond/} and @uref{ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/}
117 @item Another site in Europe
118 @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/}
121 Installing and compiling requires many additional packages, which are
122 listed in the @uref{Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html,
123 installation instructions}.
125 There are binaries available, but alas they are not updated for every version released.
127 @item RedHat-i386 and Linuxppc RPMs:
128 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/}
129 @item Debian binary @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/tex}
130 @item Windows NT: @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/}
135 <a name="mailing-lists">
137 @unnumberedsec Mailing list
139 If you have questions, do write to the mailing lists!
140 (But don't forget to read the @uref{Documentation/out-www/faq.html,
141 Frequently Asked Questions} first.)
145 @item info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
146 is a moderated list for information on the GNU Music project, to
147 subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
148 info-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org.
150 As this list is moderated, normal people should ask to
151 @email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
152 @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to forward announces instead of
153 sending it to info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
155 This list is archived at
156 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/info-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
158 @item help-gnu-music@@gnu.org
159 For help with LilyPond music project. To subscribe: send
160 mail with subject "subscribe" to
161 @email{help-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org} The archive is at
162 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/help-gnu-music@@gnu.org}.
164 @item bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org
165 If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list. If you
166 want to know about bugs, subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe"
167 to @email{bug-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org}. The archive is at
168 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
170 Please include in your bugreport the version of LilyPond that
171 you experience the problem with, a description of your system and sample
172 input to reproduce the problem. Do not send output files over the list,
173 they tend to be very big and don't help with describing the problem.
176 @item gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org,
177 For discussions concerning LilyPond, to subscribe: send
178 mail with subject "subscribe" to
179 @email{gnu-music-discuss-request@@gnu.org}
181 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org}
184 If you want to unsubscribe use the same procedure as subscribing, but
185 substitute @code{unsubscribe} where you would put @code{subscribe}.
187 @unnumberedsubsec Webmaster's Disclaimer
189 These pages were entirely created from a @strong{development snapshots}
190 of the LilyPond package. The version of this webpage is printed at the
191 bottom. If you want to volunteer for making more beautiful webpages,
197 <a href="#download">Download</a>
199 <a href="Documentation/out-www/faq.html">FAQ</a>
201 <a href="Documentation/out-www/index.html">Documentation</a>
203 <a href="#music">Music archives</a>
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207 <a href="Documentation/out-www/CHANGES.txt">News</a>