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-@unnumberedsec LilyPond -- The GNU Project Music Typesetter
-@c something breaks on 3.12 f
@unnumberedsec What is LilyPond?
-LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using
-a high level description file as input. It excels at typesetting
+@c also use keywords: music notation software
+LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music
+using a high level description file as input. It excels at typesetting
classical music, but you can also print pop-songs. With LilyPond we
hope to make music publication software available to anyone on the
internet.
editor to enter it, you can put it in mail or embed it in an article like
this:
-@quotation
-@mudela[fragment,verbatim]
- \relative c'' { \key es; r8 [c16 b] [c8 g] [as c16 b] [c8 d] | g,4 }
-@end mudela
-@end quotation
+
+@lilypond[fragment,verbatim]
+\relative c'' { \key c \minor r8 c16 b c8 g as c16 b c8 d | g,4 }
+@end lilypond
The output looks very good: the font and the layout algorithms were
inspired by engraved music, so you can expect that same clear and
looks, you can tweak almost everything.
The program also has limited MIDI functionality: you can write MIDI
-files with lilypond, and we have a simple MIDI to lilypond conversion
-tool, @file{midi2ly}.
+files with lilypond. You can also import files in PMX, MUP, MIDI, ABC,
+Finale and Musedata format.
LilyPond is free software. It is licensed under GNU General Public
License, so you can use, modify and redistribute the program with
@uref{http://www.gnu.org/,GNU Project}.
The version numbers are in Linux-kernel style: even numbered versions
-are `stable'. The webpages for the stable version (1.2) reside at GNU,
-here: @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond}. Big enhancements go
-into the latest odd numbered version (1.3); its webpages are on
- @uref{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/,Han-Wen's site}.
+are `stable'. The webpages for the stable version (1.2) reside
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond, on the GNU servers}. Big
+enhancements go into the latest odd numbered version (1.3), whose
+webpages are on @uref{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/,Han-Wen's
+site}. Information on the latest and greatest features can be found in
+the @uref{Documentation/out-www/CHANGES.html, Change Log}.
If want more information, you can browse the
@uref{Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond.html, manual} or other
@uref{Documentation/out-www/index.html, documentation}.
-
-@unnumberedsec News
-
-For the latest and greatest features, check out the
-@uref{Documentation/out-www/CHANGES.txt, Change Log}.
-
-
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the examples included. We have @uref{short-examples.html,short
examples} and @uref{long-examples.html,longer examples}. The
examples include sound bites in MIDI, pictures in PNG, printable scores
-in PostScript, and LilyPond input.
-
-Others use LilyPond too.
-@uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/harpsichord.html,John
-Sankey}, harpsichordist to the internet, is typesetting the complete
-@uref{http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/scarlattidwn.html,sonatas
-by Scarlatti}. Jeff Covey, guitar player and overall nice guy, is
-putting @uref{http://www4.smart.net/~jcovey/scores/,guitar music} on the
-net. The @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Mutopia/,Mutopia project} is a
-large archive of public domain sheet music under construction.
+in PostScript, and LilyPond input. Others use LilyPond too, and have put
+scores on the web. Head over to @uref{http://appel.lilypond.org/wiki?DownloadLilyPondScores}
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@unnumberedsec Download
If you want to compile LilyPond from source, download here:
@itemize @bullet
@item Download stable releases at
-@uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/lilypond/}
-@item Download development releases at
-@uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/}
-@item Canadian mirror @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/lilypond/} and @uref{ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/}
-@item Another site in Europe
-@uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/}
+@uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/lilypond/,GNU}
+@item Download development releases from
+@uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/, by FTP} and
+@uref{http://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/, by HTTP}.
+@item @uref{ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/, ftp (Canadian mirror)}
+@item @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/, mirror (Europe)}
@end itemize
Installing and compiling requires many additional packages, which are
listed in the @uref{Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html,
installation instructions}.
-There are binaries available, but alas they are not updated for every version released.
+@html
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+Binaries are available, but are not updated for every version released.
@itemize @bullet
-@item RedHat-i386 and Linuxppc RPMs:
-@uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/}
-@item Debian binary @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/tex}
-@item Windows NT: @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/}
+@item @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/, RedHat i386}
+@item @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/ppc, LinuxPPC}
+@item
+@uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lilypond,
+Debian GNU/Linux Stable}
+@item
+@uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lilypond1.3,
+Debian GNU/Linux Unstable}
+@item @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/, Windows Stable}
+@item @uref{http://appel.lilypond.org/lilypond/gnu-windows, Windows
+Testing}
@end itemize
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-@unnumberedsec Mailing list
-
-If you have questions, do write to the mailing lists!
- (But don't forget to read the @uref{Documentation/out-www/faq.html,
-Frequently Asked Questions} first.)
+@unnumberedsec Mailing lists
+If you have questions, do write to the mailing lists. But don't forget
+to read the @uref{Documentation/topdocs/out-www/FAQ.html,Very Frequently
+Asked Questions} and @uref{http://appel.dyndns.org/wiki?LilyPondFaqs,
+Frequently Asked Questions} first.
-@table @samp
-@item info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
- is a moderated list for information on the GNU Music project, to
- subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe" to
- info-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org.
- As this list is moderated, normal people should ask to
+@itemize @bullet
+@item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu-music,info-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
+is a low-volume list for information on the GNU Music project.
+ This list is moderated; ask
@email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
- @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to forward announces instead of
- sending it to info-gnu-music@@gnu.org
+ @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to send announcements for this list.
+@item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-music,help-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
+ For help with using LilyPond.
+@item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-music,bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
+If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list.
- This list is archived at
- @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/info-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
-@item help-gnu-music@@gnu.org
- For help with LilyPond music project. To subscribe: send
- mail with subject "subscribe" to
- @email{help-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org} The archive is at
- @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/help-gnu-music@@gnu.org}.
-
-@item bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org
- If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list. If you
-want to know about bugs, subscribe: send mail with subject "subscribe"
-to @email{bug-gnu-music-request@@gnu.org}. The archive is at
-@uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}
Please include in your bugreport the version of LilyPond that
you experience the problem with, a description of your system and sample
they tend to be very big and don't help with describing the problem.
-@item gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org,
- For discussions concerning LilyPond, to subscribe: send
- mail with subject "subscribe" to
- @email{gnu-music-discuss-request@@gnu.org}
- The archive is at
- @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org}
-@end table
-
-If you want to unsubscribe use the same procedure as subscribing, but
-substitute @code{unsubscribe} where you would put @code{subscribe}.
-
-@unnumberedsubsec Webmaster's Disclaimer
+@item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-music-discuss,gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org}
+ For discussions concerning LilyPond.
+@end itemize
-These pages were entirely created from a @strong{development snapshots}
+These pages were entirely created from a @strong{development snapshot}
of the LilyPond package. The version of this webpage is printed at the
bottom.
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