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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--2012 by the authors.
24 @include weblinks.itexi
27 @c don't remove this comment.
29 @omfcreator Graham Percival and Patrick McCarty
30 @omfdescription General info about the LilyPond music engraving system
31 @omftype program usage
32 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
37 Copyright @copyright{} 2009--2012 by the authors.
39 @c next line is necessary for broken pre-4.13 texinfo's
40 @c install-info, so leave it there until we officially
41 @c bump the required version. -gp
42 This file documents the LilyPond website.
45 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
46 document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
47 Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
48 Foundation; with no Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is
49 included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
55 @c Info files are no longer installed in a subdirectory, images are
56 @c expected to be found in lilypond/ subdirectory.
57 @dircategory GNU LilyPond --- the music typesetter
59 * LilyPond Internals Reference: (lilypond-internals). Definitions for tweaking.
60 * LilyPond Website: (lilypond-web). Preview of new website.
67 @top LilyPond... music notation for everyone
71 @c hack for texi2html, bleh -gp
78 @subtitle The music typesetter
79 @titlefont{General Information}
80 @author The LilyPond development team
82 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
87 For LilyPond version @version{}
90 @c end hack for texi2html
93 @c ************************ WEBSITE START ***************
99 ... music notation for everyone
102 @c @imageId{cmws,web-clef-g-eight-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
103 @imageId{lilylogo,double-lily-modified3,png,LilyPond logo}
104 @c @im ageId{cmws,web-snippet-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
107 @subheading What is LilyPond?
109 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
110 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
111 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts. LilyPond is free
112 software and part of the @uref{http://gnu.org,GNU Project}.
115 @divClass{align-right}
116 Read more in our @ref{Introduction}!
127 @c TODO: generate this automatically, including RSS feed.
128 @include web/news-front.itexi
130 @divClass{float-right}
151 <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
152 function loadXMLDoc(dname)
154 if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
156 xhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
160 xhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
162 xhttp.open("GET",dname,false);
164 return xhttp.responseXML;
167 var xmlDoc = loadXMLDoc("tweets.xml");
168 var tweets = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("tweet");
169 var index = Math.floor(Math.random() * tweets.length);
170 var tweet = tweets[index];
171 var text = tweet.childNodes[0];
172 document.getElementById("wildCardText").innerHTML = text.nodeValue;
179 @divId{latestVersion}
180 @subheading Quick links
182 @c TODO: javascript to detect OS and suggest download?
184 @subsubheading Stable
186 @ref{Download, Download @versionStable}
188 @ref{Manuals, Manuals @versionStable}
190 @subsubheading Unstable
192 @ref{Development, Download @versionDevel}
194 @ref{Development, Manuals @versionDevel}
204 * Introduction:: Start here to creating sheet music.
205 * Download:: Get LilyPond.
206 * Manuals:: Read The Fine Manuals (RTFM).
207 * Community:: Contact other users.
215 @allowcodebreaks false
217 @c ****************** GENERAL STUFF FOR INFO ************
219 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info in postinstall, doing:
221 install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out[-www]/lilypond-web.info
223 * Prepend GNU for dir, must be unique.
225 * Do not list the `lilypond' node at toplevel, so that `info lilypond'
228 * List all commands in direntry.
232 @c FIXME: this still doesn't solve the broken links in pdf and big
233 @c html; we'll need a bunch of @iftext and stuff in here. -gp
234 @c ****************** SPECIAL MACROS FOR WEB MANUAL ************
235 @macro docLinks{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
238 @docLinksBare{\name\,\base\,\refLink\,\split\,\big\,\bigsize\,\pdf\,\pdfsize\}
243 @macro docLinkSplit{name,base,webLink}
244 @docLink{\name\ (split HTML),\base\/index.html,\webLink\}
247 @macro docLinkBig{name,base,webLink}
248 @docLink{\name\ (big HTML),\base\-big-page.html,\webLink\}
251 @macro docLinkPdf{name,base,webLink}
252 @docLink{\base\.pdf,\base\.pdf,\webLink\}
256 @macro docLinksBare{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
258 @divClass{keep-bullets}
261 @item @docLinkSplit{\name\,\base\,\split\} @minus{}
262 the manual is split between many HTML pages.
263 @*@ @ @emph{(small download for each page)}
265 @item @docLinkBig{\name\,\base\,\big\} @minus{}
266 read this manual as one huge HTML page.
267 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \bigsize\)}
269 @item @docLinkPdf{\name\,\base\,\pdf\} @minus{}
270 download as a PDF file.
271 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \pdfsize\)}
280 @c don't add any extra spaces in this macro -gp
281 @macro ifWebLinks{webLink,normalLink}
292 @macro contactUsAbout{topic}
294 @divClass{heading-center}
295 @divClass{contactBox}
296 If you are aware of any other \topic\ which could be listed here,
297 please let us know by following the instructions on
307 @macro contactUsAbout{topic}
309 If you are aware of any other \topic\ which could be listed here,
310 please let us know by following the instructions on
318 @include web/introduction.itexi
319 @include web/download.itexi
320 @include web/manuals.itexi
321 @include web/community.itexi