1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
2 @setfilename lilypond.info
6 <!--- @@WEB-TITLE@@=User Manual --->
10 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info doing:
12 ./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 * GNU LilyPond: (lilypond). The GNU music typesetter.
19 * ly2dvi: (lilypond)Invoking ly2dvi:: Titling LilyPond scores.
20 * Glossary: (music-glossary). Glossary of music terms.
21 * convert-ly: (lilypond)Invoking convert-ly:: Older LilyPond versions.
22 * midi2ly: (lilypond)Invoking midi2ly:: Importing MIDI.
23 * etf2ly: (lilypond)Invoking etf2ly:: Importing Finale.
24 * abc2ly: (lilypond)Invoking abc2ly:: Importing ABC.
25 * pmx2ly: (lilypond)Invoking pmx2ly:: Importing PMX.
26 * musedata2ly: (lilypond)Invoking musedata2ly::
28 * mup2ly: (lilypond)Invoking mup2ly:: Importing MUP.
33 @omfcreator Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen
34 @omfdescription User manual of the LilyPond music engraving system
40 @c don't remove this comment.
46 * don't refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
49 * don't explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
50 besides the reader and the writer.
52 * don't use abbreviations (don't, won't, etc.)
54 * avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'')
56 * avoid long stretches of input code. Noone is go to read them in
57 print. Instead refer to an example input file (@inputfileref), these
58 are clickable in HTML.
63 This document is also available in @uref{../lilypond.ps.gz,gzipped
64 PostScript} and @uref{../lilypond.pdf,PDF}.
70 @subtitle The music typesetter
74 Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2002 by the authors
76 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
77 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
78 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
79 with no Invariant Sections.
80 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
81 Free Documentation License''.
86 @c Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Adrian Mariano, Tom Cato Amundsen.
89 This file documents GNU LilyPond.
91 Copyright 1999-2002 by the authors
93 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
94 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
95 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
96 with no Invariant Sections.
97 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
98 Free Documentation License''.
107 @chapter GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
109 This is the user manual for GNU LilyPond 1.7.16.
113 A further source of information is the website, which can be found at
114 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/}. The website contains on-line copies of
115 this and other documentation.
117 @mbinclude dedication.itely
121 * Introduction:: What, Why, How.
122 * Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction to LilyPond.
123 * Reference Manual:: Reference Manual.
124 * Advanced Topics:: How it all works.
125 * Invoking LilyPond:: Operation.
126 * Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
127 * Integrating text and music with lilypond-book::
128 The lilypond-book manual.
129 * Literature:: Additional reading material.
130 * Index:: Unified index.
132 * GNU Free Documentation License:: FDL.
139 @mbinclude macros.itexi
140 @mbinclude preface.itely
141 @mbinclude introduction.itely
142 @mbinclude tutorial.itely
143 @mbinclude refman.itely
144 @mbinclude internals.itely
145 @mbinclude invoking.itexi
146 @mbinclude lilypond-book.itely
147 @mbinclude converters.itely
148 @mbinclude literature.itely
151 @c FIXME: Index has two alphabetically sorted lists @code vs plain?
157 @mbinclude appendices.itely