1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
2 @setfilename lilypond.info
9 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info in postinstall, doing:
11 install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out/lilypond.info
15 @dircategory GNU music project
17 @c prepend GNU for dir, must be unique
18 @c do not list the `lilypond' node at toplevel, so that `info lilypond'
20 @c * lilypond: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking LilyPond. Titling LilyPond scores.
21 * GNU LilyPond: (lilypond/lilypond). The GNU music typesetter.
22 * convert-ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
23 * midi2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking midi2ly. Importing MIDI.
24 * etf2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking etf2ly. Importing Finale.
25 * abc2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking abc2ly. Importing ABC.
26 * musedata2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking musedata2ly. Importing MuseData.
27 * mup2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking mup2ly. Importing Mup.
32 @omfcreator Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen
33 @omfdescription User manual of the LilyPond music engraving system
35 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
39 @c don't remove this comment.
45 * Try not to use punctuation between introductocing sentence and
46 display material (verbatim, music, example code).
48 * Do not refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
51 * If you do, capitalization is LilyPond.
53 * Do not explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
54 besides the reader and the writer.
56 * Do not use abbreviations (don't, won't, etc.).
58 * Avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'')
60 * Avoid long stretches of input code. Noone is going to read them in
61 print. Instead refer to an example input file (@inputfileref), these
62 are clickable in HTML.
64 * Abbrevs in caps, e.g. HTML, DVI, MIDI, etc.
67 0. Do not use a colon to introduce examples, sentences just continue
69 in the display material.
72 2. When beginning a quote: "So, he said,..."
73 This usage is rarer. Americans often just use a comma.
74 3. When adding a defining example at the end of a sentence.
79 This document is also available in @uref{../lilypond.ps.gz,gzipped
80 PostScript} and @uref{../lilypond.pdf,PDF}.
86 @subtitle The music typesetter
87 @author Han-Wen Nienhuys
88 @author Jan Nieuwenhuizen
89 @author J@"{u}rgen Reuter
94 Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2004 by the authors
96 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
97 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
98 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
99 with no Invariant Sections.
100 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
101 Free Documentation License''.
106 @lilypond[raggedright]
108 \context Lyrics \notes {
109 \override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT
110 \mark #(ly:export (string-append
111 "(For LilyPond version " (lilypond-version) ")"))
126 This file documents GNU LilyPond.
128 Copyright 1999--2004 by the authors
130 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
131 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
132 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
133 with no Invariant Sections.
134 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
135 Free Documentation License''.
142 @top GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
143 @c HJJ: Info needs `@top', which is a synonym for `@unnumbered' in TeX.
145 This is the user manual for GNU LilyPond 2.1.x series.
147 (See the bottom of this page for the exact version number).
152 A further source of information is the website, which can be found at
153 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/}. The website contains on-line copies of
154 this and other documentation.
156 @include dedication.itely
160 * Introduction:: What, Why, How.
161 * Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction.
162 * Notation manual:: All notation supported, and how to
164 * Changing defaults:: Tuning output.
165 * Invoking LilyPond:: Operation.
166 * Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
167 * lilypond-book manual:: Integrating text and music with lilypond-book.
169 * Notation manual details::
171 * Interfaces for programmers::
173 * GNU Free Documentation License:: FDL.
180 @include macros.itexi
181 @include preface.itely
182 @include introduction.itely
183 @include tutorial.itely
184 @include notation.itely
185 @include changing-defaults.itely
186 @include invoking.itexi
187 @include lilypond-book.itely
188 @include converters.itely
191 @c FIXME: Index has two alphabetically sorted lists @code vs plain?
193 @unnumbered Unified index
197 @include notation-appendices.itely
199 @include literature.itely
201 @include programming-interface.itely
203 @include cheatsheet.itely