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+@settitle LilyPond homepage
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+@html
+<p align=center>
+<img src="Documentation/pictures/out-www/lelie-logo.png" alt="[logo]">
+@end html
-@unnumbered LilyPond -- The @uref{http://www.fsf.org/gnu/gnu-history.html,GNU Project} Music Typesetter
-
-@c something breaks on 3.12 f
-
-@c @center
-@quotation
-@mudela[fragment]
- \relative c'' { \key es; r8 [c16 b] [c8 g] [as c16 b] [c8 d] | g,4 }
-@end mudela
-@end quotation
-@c @end center
-
-@c include BLURB?
+@unnumberedsec What is LilyPond?
+@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. LilyPond is part of
-the GNU Project.
-
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-
-
-
+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.
+
+@unnumberedsec Why should I use it?
+
+The input to LilyPond is plain text. So, you can use your favorite text
+editor to enter it, you can put it in mail or embed it in an article like
+this:
+
+
+@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
+elegant look from your LilyPond output. And if you don't like the
+looks, you can tweak almost everything.
+
+The program also has limited MIDI functionality: you can write MIDI
+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
+almost no restrictions. LilyPond is part of the
+@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
+@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}.
+
+@html
+<a name="music">
+@end html
@unnumberedsec Sheet music
-
-
-@itemize @bullet
-
-@item @uref{./input/out-www/index.html,Examples}:
-simple pieces, tests and bugs. MIDI, PNG, PostScript, and Source.
-@item @uref{./mutopia/out-www/index.html,Music in Mutopia}:
+If you are interested in sheet music typeset by LilyPond, have a look at
+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, and have put
+scores on the web. Head over to @uref{http://appel.lilypond.org/wiki?DownloadLilyPondScores}
-LilyPond handling real music. MIDI, view PNG, PostScript, and Source.
-@end itemize
-
-@unnumberedsec More information
-
+@html
+<a name="download-source">
+@end html
+@unnumberedsec Download
+If you want to compile LilyPond from source, download here:
@itemize @bullet
-@item @uref{Documentation/out-www/index.html, Documentation}
-@item @uref{Documentation/out-www/mail.html,Mailing Lists}
-@item @uref{./docxx/index.html,Source code documentation}
+@item Download stable releases at
+@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
-@unnumberedsec Sites
-
+Installing and compiling requires many additional packages, which are
+listed in the @uref{Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html,
+installation instructions}.
+@html
+<a name="download-binary">
+@end html
+Binaries are available, but are not updated for every version released.
@itemize @bullet
-@item @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond} LilyPond is part of the GNU
-project. The webpages for the stable version reside at GNU.
-
-@item @uref{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/} Han-Wen's site
-has the development pages.
-@item @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/lilypond/} Eric's mirror
-@item @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/} Jeff's Windows NT Distribution site
+@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
-@ignore
-@unnumberedsec NEWS
-
-This is what the latest version brings:
-@example
+@html
+<a name="mailing-lists">
+@end html
+@unnumberedsec Mailing lists
-top_of_NEWS
-
-@end example
-@end ignore
+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.
-@unnumberedsec Download
@itemize @bullet
-@item @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/}
-@item @uref{http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/lilypond/}
- Eric Praetzel was kind enough to provide a mirror of both the website
- and the ftp site.
-@item @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/}
- A mirror of the FTP site. Updated at 0:00 MET daily.
-@item @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/} RedHat binary
-@item @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/tex} Debian binary
-@item @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/} Windows NT binary
-@item @uref{http://linux.umbc.edu/software/lilypond/rpms/} i386 RPM.
-@item @uref{ftp://ftp.freshmeat.net/pub/rpms/lilypond/} i386 RPM.
-@end itemize
-
-@unnumberedsubsec Webmaster's Disclaimer
+@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 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.
-These pages were entirely created from the LilyPond package-sources.
-Sorry for poor look they have: we want to be hacking at LilyPond, and
-not at the webpages. If you want to volunteer for making shazzy
-webpages, then please mail us!
-Note: These pages are created from a @strong{development snapshots} of
-LilyPond, and it might even be created even from an unreleased
-development version. The version of this webpage is printed at the
-bottom.
+ Please include in your bugreport the version of LilyPond that
+you experience the problem with, a description of your system and sample
+input to reproduce the problem. Do not send output files over the list,
+they tend to be very big and don't help with describing the problem.
+@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 snapshot}
+of the LilyPond package. The version of this webpage is printed at the
+bottom.
@bye
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