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.
69 This document is also available in @uref{../lilypond.ps.gz,gzipped
70 PostScript} and @uref{../lilypond.pdf,PDF}.
76 @subtitle The music typesetter
77 @author Han-Wen Nienhuys
78 @author Jan Nieuwenhuizen
79 @author J@"{u}rgen Reuter
84 Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2004 by the authors
86 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
87 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
88 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
89 with no Invariant Sections.
90 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
91 Free Documentation License''.
96 @lilypond[raggedright]
98 \context Lyrics \notes {
99 \override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT
100 \mark #(ly:export (string-append
101 "(For LilyPond version " (lilypond-version) ")"))
116 This file documents GNU LilyPond.
118 Copyright 1999--2004 by the authors
120 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
121 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
122 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
123 with no Invariant Sections.
124 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
125 Free Documentation License''.
132 @top GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
133 @c HJJ: Info needs `@top', which is a synonym for `@unnumbered' in TeX.
135 This is the user manual for GNU LilyPond 2.1.x series.
137 (See the bottom of this page for the exact version number).
142 A further source of information is the website, which can be found at
143 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/}. The website contains on-line copies of
144 this and other documentation.
146 @include dedication.itely
150 * Introduction:: What, Why, How.
151 * Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction.
152 * Notation manual:: All notation supported, and how to
154 * Changing defaults:: Tuning output
155 * Invoking LilyPond:: Operation.
156 * Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
157 * lilypond-book manual:: Integrating text and music with lilypond-book.
159 * Notation manual details::
161 * Interfaces for programmers::
163 * GNU Free Documentation License:: FDL.
170 @include macros.itexi
171 @include preface.itely
172 @include introduction.itely
173 @include tutorial.itely
174 @include notation.itely
175 @include changing-defaults.itely
176 @include invoking.itexi
177 @include lilypond-book.itely
178 @include converters.itely
181 @c FIXME: Index has two alphabetically sorted lists @code vs plain?
183 @unnumbered Unified index
187 @include notation-appendices.itely
189 @include literature.itely
191 @include programming-interface.itely
193 @include cheatsheet.itely