3 This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
4 ***************************************
6 LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music
7 using a high level description file as input. LilyPond is part of the
13 LilyPond uses a versioning scheme similar to the Linux kernel. In a
14 version "x.y.z", an even second number 'y' denotes a stable version.
15 For development versions 'y' is odd. For using straightforward score
16 production, please use the latest stable version. Development versions
17 may not produce good or nice scores.
22 For the compilation and running of LilyPond you need some additional
23 packages. Please refer to the installation instructions.
25 NOTE: If you downloaded a binary (.rpm or a W95/NT .zip file), you
26 don't have to compile LilyPond.
31 For your convenience, a formatted copy of the INSTALL instructions
32 are in the toplevel directory, as INSTALL.txt
37 The real documentation is the directory Documentation/
39 If you want to read the documentation online, these are options:
40 * use HTML. Refer to INSTALL.txt for information on how to make the
43 * use HTML. Point your browser to
44 `http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/index.html'.
46 * use `.dvi', for the tutorial and reference manual. Do
48 make -C Documentation/user/ dvi
50 You need a working LilyPond binary to create the DVI sources .
59 LilyPond is a long way from finished and polished. We do appreciate
60 criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc., but please,
62 Please send your e-mail to one of the MAILING LISTS
64 and _not_ to us personally. See `Documentation/mail.texi' for more
70 If you have received this file as part of a DOS/Window32 distribution
71 (`LilyPond-*.zip'), it is advisable to also download the source
72 package, since it might contain more documentation
73 `ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/'
75 If you decide to build LilyPond from source, please read the
76 INSTALL.txt document first, especially the Windows NT/95 section.
81 If you have installed a previous version, be sure to remove old font
83 rm `find /var/lib/texmf/fonts -name 'feta*'`
85 a script to do this for you is in `buildscripts/clean-fonts.sh'
90 Send bug reports to <bug-gnu-music@gnu.org>. For help and questions
91 use <help-gnu-music@gnu.org> and <gnu-music-discuss@gnu.org>. Please
92 consult the FAQ and installation instructions before mailing your
98 If you have received LilyPond on a cdrom, chances are that
99 development has moved some patchlevels up. Please check the latest
100 version of LilyPond before reporting bugs.