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2 @setfilename lilypond.info
8 @dircategory GNU music project
10 * LilyPond: (lilypond/lilypond). The GNU music typesetter.
11 * abc2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking abc2ly. Importing ABC.
12 * convert-ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
13 * etf2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking etf2ly. Importing Finale.
14 * lilypond-book: (lilypond/lilypond)LilyPond-book. Itegrating text and music.
15 * midi2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking midi2ly. Importing MIDI.
16 * mup2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking mup2ly. Importing Mup.
20 @c don't remove this comment.
22 @omfcreator Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen and Graham Percival
23 @omfdescription User manual of the LilyPond music engraving system
25 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
31 This document is also available in @uref{source/Documentation/user/lilypond.pdf,PDF}.
36 @documentencoding utf-8
38 @c FIXME: Index has two alphabetically sorted lists @code vs plain?
50 @subtitle The music typesetter
51 @author The LilyPond development team
55 Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2006 by the authors
57 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
58 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
59 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
60 with no Invariant Sections.
61 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
62 Free Documentation License''.
66 @lilypond[ragged-right]
69 \override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT
70 \override Score.RehearsalMark #'font-size = #-2
71 \mark #(ly:export (string-append
72 "(For LilyPond version " (lilypond-version) ")"))
85 This file documents GNU LilyPond.
87 Copyright 1999--2006 by the authors
89 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
90 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
91 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
92 with no Invariant Sections.
93 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
94 Free Documentation License''.
101 @top GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
102 @c HJJ: Info needs `@top', which is a synonym for `@unnumbered' in TeX.
104 This is the user manual for GNU LilyPond 2.8.x series.
106 (See the bottom of this page for the exact version number).
112 A further source of information is the website, which can be found at
113 @uref{http://@/www@/.lilypond@/.org/}. The website contains on-line copies
114 of this and other documentation.
116 @include dedication.itely
122 * Introduction:: What, Why, How.
123 * Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction.
124 * Putting it all together:: Advanced tutorial? FIXME title
125 * Working on LilyPond projects:: Demonstrates real-life LilyPond usage.
126 * Tweaking output:: Tutorial-style explanation of chapters 10 and 11. FIXME title
130 * Basic notation:: Standard musical notation.
131 * Instrument-specific notation:: Notation that is only used for some
133 * Advanced notation:: Less frequently used notation.
134 * Changing defaults:: Tuning output.
135 * Global issues:: What LilyPond produces.
136 * Interfaces for programmers::
140 * Running LilyPond:: Operation.
141 * LilyPond-book:: Integrating text and music.
142 * Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
148 * Notation manual details::
149 * Example templates:: Larger examples.
151 * GNU Free Documentation License:: FDL.
159 @include macros.itexi
160 @include preface.itely
161 @include introduction.itely
162 @include tutorial.itely
163 @include putting.itely
164 @include working.itely
165 @include tweaks.itely
167 @include basic-notation.itely
168 @include instrument-notation.itely
169 @include advanced-notation.itely
170 @include changing-defaults.itely
171 @include global.itely
172 @include programming-interface.itely
174 @include invoking.itely
175 @include lilypond-book.itely
176 @include converters.itely
181 @include literature.itely
182 @include scheme-tutorial.itely
183 @include notation-appendices.itely
184 @include examples.itely
185 @include cheatsheet.itely
189 @appendix LilyPond index