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 =head1 NAME
 
-GNU LilyPond -- the Webpage
-
-Excuse me for this poor page. I don't really have time for doing this..
+The Homepage of LilyPond -- the GNU Project music typesetter
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-GNU LilyPond is a program to typeset music: it generates TeX (or
-LaTeX) output from file input.
+LilyPond is the GNU Project music typesetter.  It generates visual or
+auditive output from a music definition file: it can typeset formatted
+sheet music to a TeX file and play (mechanical) performances to a MIDI
+file.
+
+This is not a Fanmail/Hype page. These pages were entirely created from
+the LilyPond package-sources. 
+
+Note: These pages are created from the latest B<development snapshots>
+of LilyPond.  You can look at the bottom if you want to know which
+version this was.
+
+=head2 Mirrors
 
-As a bonus, you can also output a MIDI file of what you typed.
+=over 4
+
+=item http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~praetzel/lilypond/
+
+Eric Praetzel was kind enough to provide a mirror of both the website
+and the ftp site.  
+
+=back
 
-<a href=example_output.html
+=head2 Examples
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+<a href=examples_output.html
 >
-examples of what LilyPond can do: MIDI, PS, .gif and input.
+short examples of what LilyPond can do: MIDI, PS, .gif and input.
 </a
 >
 
-=head1 DOCUMENTATION
+=item *
+<a href=mutopiaexamples_output.html 
+>
+examples of what LilyPond can do
+with real music: MIDI, PS, .gif and input 
+</a
+>
 
+=back
+
+=head2 NEWS! 
+
+This is what the latest version brings:
+
+top_of_NEWS
+
+=head2 Documentation: Introduction
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
-<a href=INSTALL.html
+<a href=ANNOUNCE-0.1.txt
 >
-The installation instructions.
+The announcement of 0.1
 </a
 >
 
+
 =item *
-<a href=MANIFESTO.html
+<a href=DEDICATION.txt
 >
-Design criteria
+DEDICATION
 </a
 >
 
 =item *
-<a href=AUTHORS.html
+<a href=faq.html
 >
-AUTHORS
+FAQs
 </a
 >
 
-
 =item *
-<a href=lilypond.html
+<a href=INSTALL.html
 >
-The manual page
+The installation instructions.
 </a
 >
 
+=back
+
+=head2 Why: Background Information 
+
+=over 4
+
 =item *
-<a href=lilygut.html
+<a href=MANIFESTO.html
 >
-internal structures.
+Design criteria
 </a
 >
 
 =item *
-<a href=lilyliterature.html
+<a href=gnu-music.html
 >
-resources on music typesetting
+The GNU Music project
 </a
 >
 
 =item *
-<a href=other-packages.html
+<a href=mutopia.html
 >
-Other packages for printing music.
+Mutopia -- Music To the People
 </a
 >
 
 =item *
-<a href=mi2mu.html
+<a href=lelieblond.gif
 >
-manual page for mi2mu, the MIDI convertor.
+The lilypond logo (Big, format: .gif)
 </a
 >
 
 =item *
-<a href=mudela.html
+<a href=lelie_logo.gif
 >
-Mudela, the input format
+The lilypond logo (medium size, format: .gif)
 </a
 >
 
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Documentation: manpages, manuals
+
+
+=over 4
+
 =item *
-<a href=convert-mudela.html
+<a href=tex_manuals.html
 >
-The mudela convertor: convert-mudela
+PS documents about LilyPond
 </a
 >
 
 
 =item *
-<a href=faq.html
+<a href=mi2mu.html
 >
-FAQs
+manual page for mi2mu, the MIDI convertor.
 </a
 >
 
 =item *
-<a href=error.html
+<a href=lilypond.html
 >
-errors
+The manual page
 </a
 >
 
 =item *
-<a href=lelieblond.gif
+<a href=ly2dvi.html
 >
-The lilypond logo (Big, format: .gif)
+Easy titling for LilyPond
 </a
 >
 
 =item *
-<a href=lelie_logo.gif
+<a href=convert-mudela.html
 >
-The lilypond logo (medium size, format: .gif)
+The mudela convertor: convert-mudela
 </a
 >
 
+=item *
+<a href=mudela-book.html
+>
+mudela in TeX: mudela-book
+</a
+>
+
+=back
+
+=head2 The program
+
+=over 5
 
 =item *
 <a href=TODO.txt
@@ -136,16 +200,16 @@ The Change log
 >
 
 =item *
-<a href=CodingStyle.html
+<a href=internals.html
 >
-The coding standards of the lilypond project.
+internal structures.
 </a
 >
 
 =item *
-<a href=gnu-music.html
+<a href=CodingStyle.html
 >
-The GNU Music project
+The coding standards of the lilypond project.
 </a
 >
 
@@ -156,19 +220,48 @@ The DOC++ documentation of the C++ sources.
 </a
 >
 
+=item *
+<a href=AUTHORS.html
+>
+AUTHORS
+</a
+>
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Links
+
+=over 5
+
+=item *
+<a href=literature.html
+>
+Papers, books and online-resources on music typesetting
+</a
+>
+
+=item *
+<a href=other-packages.html
+>
+Other packages for printing music.
+</a
+>
 
 =item *
-Get it at ftp://pcnov095.win.tue.nl/pub/lilypond !
+<a href=links.html
+>
+B<download> LilyPond and other interesting links
+</a
+>
 
 
 =item *
 <a href=sconstat/stats.html
 >
-Stats on this page.
+Stats on this page. [temporarily out of order]
 </a
 >
 
-
 =back