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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.
41 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
42 document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
43 Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
44 Foundation; with no Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is
45 included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
54 @top LilyPond... music notation for everyone
58 @c hack for texi2html, bleh -gp
65 @subtitle The music typesetter
66 @titlefont{General Information}
67 @author The LilyPond development team
69 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
74 For LilyPond version @version{}
77 @c end hack for texi2html
80 @c ************************ WEBSITE START ***************
86 ... music notation for everyone
89 @c @imageId{cmws,web-clef-g-eight-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
90 @imageId{lilylogo,double-lily-modified3,png,LilyPond logo}
91 @c @im ageId{cmws,web-snippet-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
94 @subheading What is LilyPond?
96 LilyPond is an open-source music engraving program, devoted to
97 producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. This free
98 software brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to
101 @divClass{align-right}
102 Read more in our @ref{Introduction}!
113 @c TODO: generate this automatically, including RSS feed.
114 @include web/news-front.itexi
116 @divClass{float-right}
127 @divId{latestVersion}
128 @subheading Quick links
130 @c TODO: javascript to detect OS and suggest download?
132 @subsubheading Stable
134 @ref{Download, Download @versionStable}
136 @ref{Manuals, Manuals @versionStable}
138 @subsubheading Unstable
140 @ref{Development, Download @versionDevel}
142 @ref{Development, Manuals @versionDevel}
152 * Introduction:: Start here to creating sheet music.
153 * Download:: Get LilyPond.
154 * Manuals:: Read The Fine Manuals (RTFM).
155 * Community:: Contact other users.
163 @allowcodebreaks false
165 @c ****************** GENERAL STUFF FOR INFO ************
167 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info in postinstall, doing:
169 install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out[-www]/lilypond-web.info
171 * Prepend GNU for dir, must be unique.
173 * Do not list the `lilypond' node at toplevel, so that `info lilypond'
176 * List all commands in direntry.
178 @c * lilypond: (lilypond-application)Running LilyPond. Invoking the
182 @c Info files are no longer installed in a subdirectory, images are
183 @c expected to be found in lilypond/ subdirectory.
184 @dircategory GNU LilyPond --- the music typesetter
186 * LilyPond Learning Manual: (lilypond-learning). Start here.
187 * Music Glossary: (music-glossary). For non-English users.
188 * LilyPond: (lilypond-notation). LilyPond Notation Reference.
189 * LilyPond Snippets: (lilypond-snippets). Short tricks, tips, and examples.
190 * LilyPond Internals Reference: (lilypond-internals). Definitions for tweaking.
191 * LilyPond Application Usage: (lilypond-application). Installing and running applications.
192 * LilyPond Website: (lilypond-general). Preview of new website.
193 * abc2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking abc2ly. Importing ABC.
194 * convert-ly: (lilypond-application)Updating files with convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
195 * etf2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking etf2ly. Importing Finale.
196 * lilypond-book: (lilypond-application)LilyPond-book. Integrating text and music.
197 * midi2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking midi2ly. Importing MIDI.
198 * musicxml2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking musicxml2ly. Importing MusicXML.
202 @c FIXME: this still doesn't solve the broken links in pdf and big
203 @c html; we'll need a bunch of @iftext and stuff in here. -gp
204 @c ****************** SPECIAL MACROS FOR WEB MANUAL ************
205 @macro docLinks{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
208 @docLinksBare{\name\,\base\,\refLink\,\split\,\big\,\bigsize\,\pdf\,\pdfsize\}
213 @macro docLinkSplit{name,base,webLink}
215 @uref{../\base\/index.html, \name\ (split HTML)}
222 @macro docLinkBig{name,base,webLink}
224 @uref{../\base\-big-page.html, \name\ (big HTML)}
231 @macro docLinkPdf{name,base,webLink}
233 @uref{../\base\.pdf, \base\.pdf}
241 @macro docLinksBare{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
243 @divClass{keep-bullets}
246 @item @docLinkSplit{\name\,\base\,\split\} @minus{}
247 the manual is split between many HTML pages.
248 @*@ @ @emph{(small download for each page)}
250 @item @docLinkBig{\name\,\base\,\big\} @minus{}
251 read this manual as one huge HTML page.
252 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \bigsize\)}
254 @item @docLinkPdf{\name\,\base\,\pdf\} @minus{}
255 download as a PDF file.
256 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \pdfsize\)}
265 @c don't add any extra spaces in this macro -gp
266 @macro ifWebLinks{webLink,normalLink}
276 @include web/introduction.itexi
277 @include web/download.itexi
278 @include web/manuals.itexi
279 @include web/community.itexi