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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--2011 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--2011 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
56 @c Info files are no longer installed in a subdirectory, images are
57 @c expected to be found in lilypond/ subdirectory.
58 @dircategory GNU LilyPond --- the music typesetter
60 * LilyPond Learning Manual: (lilypond-learning). Start here.
61 * Music Glossary: (music-glossary). For non-English users.
62 * LilyPond: (lilypond-notation). LilyPond Notation Reference.
63 * LilyPond Snippets: (lilypond-snippets). Short tricks, tips, and examples.
64 * LilyPond Internals Reference: (lilypond-internals). Definitions for tweaking.
65 * LilyPond Application Usage: (lilypond-usage). Installing and running applications.
66 * LilyPond Website: (lilypond-web). Preview of new website.
67 * lilypond: (lilypond-usage)Running lilypond. Invoking the LilyPond program.
68 * abc2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking abc2ly. Importing ABC.
69 * convert-ly: (lilypond-usage)Updating files with convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
70 * etf2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking etf2ly. Importing Finale.
71 * lilypond-book: (lilypond-usage)lilypond-book. Integrating text and music.
72 * midi2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking midi2ly. Importing MIDI.
73 * musicxml2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking musicxml2ly. Importing MusicXML.
80 @top LilyPond... music notation for everyone
84 @c hack for texi2html, bleh -gp
91 @subtitle The music typesetter
92 @titlefont{General Information}
93 @author The LilyPond development team
95 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
100 For LilyPond version @version{}
103 @c end hack for texi2html
106 @c ************************ WEBSITE START ***************
112 ... music notation for everyone
115 @c @imageId{cmws,web-clef-g-eight-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
116 @imageId{lilylogo,double-lily-modified3,png,LilyPond logo}
117 @c @im ageId{cmws,web-snippet-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
120 @subheading What is LilyPond?
122 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
123 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
124 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts. LilyPond is free
125 software and part of the @uref{http://gnu.org,GNU Project}.
128 @divClass{align-right}
129 Read more in our @ref{Introduction}!
140 @c TODO: generate this automatically, including RSS feed.
141 @include web/news-front.itexi
143 @divClass{float-right}
154 @divId{latestVersion}
155 @subheading Quick links
157 @c TODO: javascript to detect OS and suggest download?
159 @subsubheading Stable
161 @ref{Download, Download @versionStable}
163 @ref{Manuals, Manuals @versionStable}
165 @subsubheading Unstable
167 @ref{Development, Download @versionDevel}
169 @ref{Development, Manuals @versionDevel}
179 * Introduction:: Start here to creating sheet music.
180 * Download:: Get LilyPond.
181 * Manuals:: Read The Fine Manuals (RTFM).
182 * Community:: Contact other users.
190 @allowcodebreaks false
192 @c ****************** GENERAL STUFF FOR INFO ************
194 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info in postinstall, doing:
196 install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out[-www]/lilypond-web.info
198 * Prepend GNU for dir, must be unique.
200 * Do not list the `lilypond' node at toplevel, so that `info lilypond'
203 * List all commands in direntry.
207 @c FIXME: this still doesn't solve the broken links in pdf and big
208 @c html; we'll need a bunch of @iftext and stuff in here. -gp
209 @c ****************** SPECIAL MACROS FOR WEB MANUAL ************
210 @macro docLinks{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
213 @docLinksBare{\name\,\base\,\refLink\,\split\,\big\,\bigsize\,\pdf\,\pdfsize\}
218 @macro docLinkSplit{name,base,webLink}
220 @uref{../\base\/index.html, \name\ (split HTML)}
227 @macro docLinkBig{name,base,webLink}
229 @uref{../\base\-big-page.html, \name\ (big HTML)}
236 @macro docLinkPdf{name,base,webLink}
238 @uref{../\base\.pdf, \base\.pdf}
246 @macro docLinksBare{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
248 @divClass{keep-bullets}
251 @item @docLinkSplit{\name\,\base\,\split\} @minus{}
252 the manual is split between many HTML pages.
253 @*@ @ @emph{(small download for each page)}
255 @item @docLinkBig{\name\,\base\,\big\} @minus{}
256 read this manual as one huge HTML page.
257 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \bigsize\)}
259 @item @docLinkPdf{\name\,\base\,\pdf\} @minus{}
260 download as a PDF file.
261 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \pdfsize\)}
270 @c don't add any extra spaces in this macro -gp
271 @macro ifWebLinks{webLink,normalLink}
282 @macro contactUsAbout{topic}
284 @divClass{heading-center}
285 @divClass{contactBox}
286 If you are aware of any other \topic\ which could be listed here,
287 please let us know by following the instructions on
297 @macro contactUsAbout{topic}
299 If you are aware of any other \topic\ which could be listed here,
300 please let us know by following the instructions on
308 @include web/introduction.itexi
309 @include web/download.itexi
310 @include web/manuals.itexi
311 @include web/community.itexi