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10 @setfilename lilypond-usage.info
11 @settitle LilyPond Application Usage
12 @documentencoding UTF-8
16 @dircategory GNU LilyPond --- the music typesetter
18 * LilyPond Application Usage: (lilypond-usage). Installing and running applications.
19 * lilypond: (lilypond-usage)Running lilypond. Invoking the LilyPond program.
20 * abc2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking abc2ly. Importing ABC.
21 * convert-ly: (lilypond-usage)Updating files with convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
22 * etf2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking etf2ly. Importing Finale.
23 * lilypond-book: (lilypond-usage)lilypond-book. Integrating text and music.
24 * midi2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking midi2ly. Importing MIDI.
25 * musicxml2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking musicxml2ly. Importing MusicXML.
29 This file explains how to execute the programs distributed with
30 LilyPond version @version{}. In addition, it suggests some
31 @qq{best practices} for efficient usage.
34 @c `Usage' was born 1999-10-10 with git commit c82c30c...
35 @macro copyrightDeclare
36 Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2012 by the authors.
43 @c don't remove this comment.
45 @omfcreator Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen and Graham Percival
46 @omfdescription Application Usage of the LilyPond music engraving system
47 @omftype program usage
48 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
59 @c maybe add a "Tasks" or "Specific tasks" or something like
60 @c that, after Suggestions -gp
62 * Running lilypond:: Operation.
63 * Updating files with convert-ly:: Updating input files.
64 * lilypond-book:: Integrating text and music.
65 * External programs:: Mixing LilyPond and other programs.
66 * Suggestions for writing files:: Best practices and effective bug-fixing.
70 * GNU Free Documentation License:: License of this document.
80 @allowcodebreaks false
82 @include usage/running.itely
83 @include usage/updating.itely
84 @include usage/lilypond-book.itely
85 @include usage/external.itely
86 @include usage/suggestions.itely
91 @appendix LilyPond index