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9 @setfilename lilypond-usage.info
10 @settitle LilyPond Application Usage
11 @documentencoding UTF-8
16 This file explains how to execute the programs distributed with
17 LilyPond version @version{}. In addition, it suggests some
18 @qq{best practices} for efficient usage.
21 @c `Usage' was born 1999-10-10 with git commit c82c30c...
22 @macro copyrightDeclare
23 Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2009 by the authors.
30 @c don't remove this comment.
32 @omfcreator Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen and Graham Percival
33 @omfdescription Application Usage of the LilyPond music engraving system
34 @omftype program usage
35 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
46 @c maybe add a "Tasks" or "Specific tasks" or something like
47 @c that, after Suggestions -gp
49 * Running lilypond:: Operation.
50 * Updating files with convert-ly:: Updating input files.
51 * lilypond-book:: Integrating text and music.
52 * Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
53 * Suggestions for writing files:: Best practices and effective bug-fixing.
57 * GNU Free Documentation License:: License of this document.
68 @include usage/running.itely
69 @include usage/updating.itely
70 @include usage/lilypond-book.itely
71 @include usage/converters.itely
72 @include usage/suggestions.itely
77 @appendix LilyPond index