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5 When revising a translation, copy the HEAD committish of the
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10 @settitle LilyPond -- Music notation for everyone
11 @documentencoding UTF-8
15 @c `Web' was imported 2009-08-05 with git commit b938d71...
16 @macro copyrightDeclare
17 Copyright @copyright{} 2009 by the authors.
24 @c don't remove this comment.
26 @omfcreator Graham Percival and Patrick McCarty
27 @omfdescription General info about the LilyPond music engraving system
28 @omftype program usage
29 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
36 @top LilyPond... music notation for everyone
40 @c hack for texi2html, bleh -gp
47 @subtitle The music typesetter
48 @titlefont{General Information}
49 @author The LilyPond development team
51 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
56 For LilyPond version @version{}
59 @c end hack for texi2html
62 @c ************************ WEBSITE START ***************
68 ... music notation for everyone
71 @c @imageId{cmws,web-clef-g-eight-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
72 @imageId{lilylogo,double-lily-modified3,png,LilyPond logo}
73 @c @im ageId{cmws,web-snippet-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
76 @subheading What is LilyPond?
78 LilyPond is an open-source music engraving program, devoted to
79 producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. This free
80 software brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to
83 @divClass{align-right}
84 Read more in our @ref{Introduction}!
95 @c TODO: generate this automatically, including RSS feed.
96 @include web/news-front.itexi
98 @divClass{float-right}
109 @divId{latestVersion}
110 @subheading Quick links
112 @c TODO: javascript to detect OS and suggest download?
114 @subsubheading Stable
116 @ref{Download, Download @versionStable}
118 @ref{Manuals, Manuals @versionStable}
120 @subsubheading Unstable
122 @ref{Development, Download @versionDevel}
124 @ref{Development, Manuals @versionDevel}
134 * Introduction:: Start here to creating sheet music.
135 * Download:: Get LilyPond.
136 * Manuals:: Read The Fine Manuals (RTFM).
137 * Community:: Contact other users.
146 @c ****************** GENERAL STUFF FOR INFO ************
148 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info in postinstall, doing:
150 install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out[-www]/lilypond-web.info
152 * Prepend GNU for dir, must be unique.
154 * Do not list the `lilypond' node at toplevel, so that `info lilypond'
157 * List all commands in direntry.
159 @c * lilypond: (lilypond-application)Running LilyPond. Invoking the
163 @c Info files are no longer installed in a subdirectory, images are
164 @c expected to be found in lilypond/ subdirectory.
165 @dircategory GNU LilyPond --- the music typesetter
167 * LilyPond Learning Manual: (lilypond-learning). Start here.
168 * Music Glossary: (music-glossary). For non-English users.
169 * LilyPond: (lilypond-notation). LilyPond Notation Reference.
170 * LilyPond Snippets: (lilypond-snippets). Short tricks, tips, and examples.
171 * LilyPond Internals Reference: (lilypond-internals). Definitions for tweaking.
172 * LilyPond Application Usage: (lilypond-application). Installing and running applications.
173 * LilyPond Website: (lilypond-general). Preview of new website.
174 * abc2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking abc2ly. Importing ABC.
175 * convert-ly: (lilypond-application)Updating files with convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
176 * etf2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking etf2ly. Importing Finale.
177 * lilypond-book: (lilypond-application)LilyPond-book. Integrating text and music.
178 * midi2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking midi2ly. Importing MIDI.
179 * musicxml2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking musicxml2ly. Importing MusicXML.
183 @c FIXME: this still doesn't solve the broken links in pdf and big
184 @c html; we'll need a bunch of @iftext and stuff in here. -gp
185 @c ****************** SPECIAL MACROS FOR WEB MANUAL ************
186 @macro docLinks{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
191 @c normal case, special online case
196 @c we assume that the online web version will be split html
199 read this manual in the same format as this one.
203 @subheading All formats
205 @divClass{keep-bullets}
209 @item @uref{../\base\/index.html, \name\ (split HTML)}:
214 the manual is split between many HTML pages.
215 @*@ @ @emph{(small download for each page)}
218 @item @uref{../\base\-big-page.html, \name\ (big HTML)}:
223 read this manual as one huge HTML page.
224 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \bigsize\)}
227 @item @uref{../\base\.pdf, \base\.pdf}:
232 download as a PDF file.
233 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \pdfsize\)}
242 @c don't add any extra spaces in this macro -gp
243 @macro ifWebLinks{webLink,normalLink}
253 @include web/introduction.itexi
254 @include web/download.itexi
255 @include web/manuals.itexi
256 @include web/community.itexi