@node External programs
@chapter External programs
-FIXME: blah blah
-
+LilyPond can interact with other programs in various ways.
@menu
* Point and click::
@node Vim mode
@unnumberedsubsec Vim mode
-For @uref{http://@/www@/.vim@/.org,VIM}, a @file{vimrc} is supplied,
-along with syntax coloring tools. A Vim mode for entering music and
-running LilyPond is contained in the source archive in @code{$VIM}
-directory.
-
-The LilyPond file type is detected if the file
-@file{~/.vim/filetype.vim} has the following content
+For @uref{http://@/www@/.vim@/.org,Vim}, a filetype plugin, indent
+mode, and syntax-highlighting mode are available to use with
+LilyPond. To enable all of these features, create (or modify)
+your @file{$HOME/.vimrc} to contain these three lines, in order:
@example
-if exists("did_load_filetypes")
- finish
-endif
-augroup filetypedetect
- au! BufNewFile,BufRead *.ly,*.ily setf lilypond
-augroup END
-@end example
-
-Please include this path by appending the following line to your
-@file{~/.vimrc}
-
-@example
-set runtimepath+=/usr/local/share/lilypond/$@{LILYPOND_VERSION@}/vim/
+filetype off
+set runtimepath+=/usr/local/share/lilypond/current/vim/
+filetype on
@end example
@noindent
-where $@{LILYPOND_VERSION@} is your LilyPond version. If LilyPond was not
-installed in @file{/usr/local/}, then change this path accordingly.
-The path may differ significantly. In Fedora the path leads to the
-current version of Vim instead of Lilypond:
-
-@example
-set runtimepath+=/usr/share/vim/vim72/
-@end example
+If LilyPond is not installed in the @file{/usr/local/} directory,
+change the path appropriately. This topic is discussed in
+@rlearning{Other sources of information}.
@node Other editors
Other editors (both text and graphical) support LilyPond, but
their special configuration files are not distributed with
LilyPond. Consult their documentation for more information. Such
-editors are listed in @rweb{Alternate editors}.
+editors are listed in @rweb{Easier editing}.
@node Converting from other formats
LilyPond itself does not come with support for any other formats,
but some external tools can also generate LilyPond files. These
-are listed in @rweb{Alternate editors}.
+are listed in @rweb{Easier editing}.
@node Independent includes
@section Independent @code{include}s
-FIXME: blah blah
+Some people have written large (and useful!) code that can be
+shared between projects. This code might eventually make its way
+into LilyPond itself, but until that happens, you must download
+and @code{\include} them manually.
+
@menu
* MIDI articulation::
@node MIDI articulation
@subsection MIDI articulation
-stub for info about Dr. Peter Chubb's @file{articulate.ly}
+LilyPond can be used to produce MIDI output, for
+@qq{proof-hearing} what has been written. However, only dynamics,
+explicit tempo markings, and the notes and durations themselves
+are produced in the output.
+
+The @emph{articulate} project is one attempt to get more of the
+information in the score into he MIDI. It works by shortening
+notes not under slurs, to @q{articulate} the notes. The amount of
+shortening depends on any articulation markings attached to a
+note: staccato halves the note value, tenuto gives a note its full
+duration, and so on. The script also realises trills and turns,
+and could be extended to expand other ornaments such as mordents.
+
+@example
+@uref{http://@/www@/.nicta@/.com@/.au/@/people/@/chubbp/@/articulate}
+@end example
+
+@knownissues
+
+Its main limitation is that it can only affect things it knows
+about: anything that is merely textual markup (instead of a note
+property) is still ignored.
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