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11 @settitle LilyPond -- Music notation for everyone
12 @documentencoding UTF-8
16 @c `Web' was imported 2009-08-05 with git commit b938d71...
17 @c @macro copyrightDeclare
18 @c Copyright @copyright{} 2009--2010 by the authors.
24 @include weblinks.itexi
28 @c don't remove this comment.
30 @omfcreator Graham Percival and Patrick McCarty
31 @omfdescription General info about the LilyPond music engraving system
32 @omftype program usage
33 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
38 Copyright @copyright{} 2009--2010 by the authors.
40 @c next line is necessary for broken pre-4.13 texinfo's
41 @c install-info, so leave it there until we officially
42 @c bump the required version. -gp
43 This file documents the LilyPond website.
46 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
47 document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
48 Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
49 Foundation; with no Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is
50 included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
59 @top LilyPond... music notation for everyone
63 @c hack for texi2html, bleh -gp
70 @subtitle The music typesetter
71 @titlefont{General Information}
72 @author The LilyPond development team
74 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
79 For LilyPond version @version{}
82 @c end hack for texi2html
85 @c ************************ WEBSITE START ***************
91 ... music notation for everyone
94 @c @imageId{cmws,web-clef-g-eight-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
95 @imageId{lilylogo,double-lily-modified3,png,LilyPond logo}
96 @c @im ageId{cmws,web-snippet-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
99 @subheading What is LilyPond?
101 LilyPond is an open-source music engraving program, devoted to
102 producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. This free
103 software brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to
106 @divClass{align-right}
107 Read more in our @ref{Introduction}!
118 @c TODO: generate this automatically, including RSS feed.
119 @include web/news-front.itexi
121 @divClass{float-right}
132 @divId{latestVersion}
133 @subheading Quick links
135 @c TODO: javascript to detect OS and suggest download?
137 @subsubheading Stable
139 @ref{Download, Download @versionStable}
141 @ref{Manuals, Manuals @versionStable}
143 @subsubheading Unstable
145 @ref{Development, Download @versionDevel}
147 @ref{Development, Manuals @versionDevel}
157 * Introduction:: Start here to creating sheet music.
158 * Download:: Get LilyPond.
159 * Manuals:: Read The Fine Manuals (RTFM).
160 * Community:: Contact other users.
168 @allowcodebreaks false
170 @c ****************** GENERAL STUFF FOR INFO ************
172 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info in postinstall, doing:
174 install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out[-www]/lilypond-web.info
176 * Prepend GNU for dir, must be unique.
178 * Do not list the `lilypond' node at toplevel, so that `info lilypond'
181 * List all commands in direntry.
185 @c Info files are no longer installed in a subdirectory, images are
186 @c expected to be found in lilypond/ subdirectory.
187 @dircategory GNU LilyPond --- the music typesetter
189 * LilyPond Learning Manual: (lilypond-learning). Start here.
190 * Music Glossary: (music-glossary). For non-English users.
191 * LilyPond: (lilypond-notation). LilyPond Notation Reference.
192 * LilyPond Snippets: (lilypond-snippets). Short tricks, tips, and examples.
193 * LilyPond Internals Reference: (lilypond-internals). Definitions for tweaking.
194 * LilyPond Application Usage: (lilypond-usage). Installing and running applications.
195 * LilyPond Website: (lilypond-web). Preview of new website.
196 * lilypond: (lilypond-usage)Running LilyPond. Invoking the LilyPond program.
197 * abc2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking abc2ly. Importing ABC.
198 * convert-ly: (lilypond-usage)Updating files with convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
199 * etf2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking etf2ly. Importing Finale.
200 * lilypond-book: (lilypond-usage)LilyPond-book. Integrating text and music.
201 * midi2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking midi2ly. Importing MIDI.
202 * musicxml2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking musicxml2ly. Importing MusicXML.
206 @c FIXME: this still doesn't solve the broken links in pdf and big
207 @c html; we'll need a bunch of @iftext and stuff in here. -gp
208 @c ****************** SPECIAL MACROS FOR WEB MANUAL ************
209 @macro docLinks{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
212 @docLinksBare{\name\,\base\,\refLink\,\split\,\big\,\bigsize\,\pdf\,\pdfsize\}
217 @macro docLinkSplit{name,base,webLink}
219 @uref{../\base\/index.html, \name\ (split HTML)}
226 @macro docLinkBig{name,base,webLink}
228 @uref{../\base\-big-page.html, \name\ (big HTML)}
235 @macro docLinkPdf{name,base,webLink}
237 @uref{../\base\.pdf, \base\.pdf}
245 @macro docLinksBare{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
247 @divClass{keep-bullets}
250 @item @docLinkSplit{\name\,\base\,\split\} @minus{}
251 the manual is split between many HTML pages.
252 @*@ @ @emph{(small download for each page)}
254 @item @docLinkBig{\name\,\base\,\big\} @minus{}
255 read this manual as one huge HTML page.
256 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \bigsize\)}
258 @item @docLinkPdf{\name\,\base\,\pdf\} @minus{}
259 download as a PDF file.
260 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \pdfsize\)}
269 @c don't add any extra spaces in this macro -gp
270 @macro ifWebLinks{webLink,normalLink}
280 @include web/introduction.itexi
281 @include web/download.itexi
282 @include web/manuals.itexi
283 @include web/community.itexi