@setfilename lilypond.info
@settitle GNU LilyPond
+@html
+<!--- @@WEB-TITLE@@=User Manual --->
+@end html
+@ignore
+Distributions will want to install lilypond.info doing:
+
+ ./install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out/lilypond.info
+
+@end ignore
@dircategory GNU music project
@direntry
@c ;; prepend GNU for dir, must be unique
-* GNU LilyPond (lilypond). The GNU music typesetter.
-@c * install-info: (texinfo)Invoking install-info. Update info/dir entries.
-@c * texi2dvi: (texinfo)Format with texi2dvi. Print Texinfo documents.
+* GNU LilyPond: (lilypond). The GNU music typesetter.
+* ly2dvi: (lilypond)Invoking ly2dvi:: Titling LilyPond scores.
+* Glossary: (music-glossary). Glossary of music terms.
+* convert-ly: (lilypond)Invoking convert-ly:: Older LilyPond versions.
+* midi2ly: (lilypond)Invoking midi2ly:: Importing MIDI.
+* etf2ly: (lilypond)Invoking etf2ly:: Importing Finale.
+* abc2ly: (lilypond)Invoking abc2ly:: Importing ABC.
+* pmx2ly: (lilypond)Invoking pmx2ly:: Importing PMX.
+* musedata2ly: (lilypond)Invoking musedata2ly::
+ Importing Musedata.
+* mup2ly: (lilypond)Invoking mup2ly:: Importing MUP.
@end direntry
-@titlepage
-@title GNU LilyPond
-@subtitle The music typesetter
-@author Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen and Adrian Mariano
+@ignore
+@omfcreator Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen
+@omfdescription User manual of the LilyPond music engraving system
+@omftype user manual
+@omfcategory Music
+@omflanguage English
+@end ignore
+
+@c don't remove this comment.
- Copyright @copyright{} 1999 by the authors
+@ignore
-@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
+HINTS FOR STYLE
-Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim
-copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and
-this permission notice are preserved on all copies.
+* don't refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
+manual is about
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified
-versions of this manual under the conditions for
-verbatim copying, provided also that the sections
-entitled ``Copying'' and ``GNU General Public License''
-are included exactly as in the original, and provided
-that the entire resulting derived work is distributed
-under the terms of a permission notice identical to this
-one.
+* don't explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
+besides the reader and the writer.
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute
-translations of this manual into another language,
-under the above conditions for modified versions,
-except that this permission notice may be stated in a
-translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.
+* don't use abbreviations (don't, won't, etc.)
-@end titlepage
+* avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'')
-@ifinfo
-This file documents GNU LilyPond.
+* avoid long stretches of input code. Noone is go to read them in
+print. Instead refer to an example input file (@inputfileref), these
+are clickable in HTML.
-Copyright 1999 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen and Adrian Mariano
+@end ignore
-Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim
-copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and
-this permission notice are preserved on all copies.
+@ifhtml
+This document is also available in @uref{../lilypond.ps.gz,gzipped
+PostScript} and @uref{../lilypond.pdf,PDF}.
+@end ifhtml
-@ignore
-Permission is granted to process this file through TeX
-and print the results, provided the printed document
-carries a copying permission notice identical to this
-one except for the removal of this paragraph (this
-paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
-@end ignore
+@titlepage
+@title GNU LilyPond
+@subtitle The music typesetter
+@author Han-Wen Nienhuys
+@author Jan Nieuwenhuizen
+@author J@"{u}gen Reuter
+@author Rune Zedeler
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified
-versions of this manual under the conditions for
-verbatim copying, provided also that the sections
-entitled ``Copying'' and ``GNU General Public License''
-are included exactly as in the original, and provided
-that the entire resulting derived work is distributed
-under the terms of a permission notice identical to this
-one.
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute
-translations of this manual into another language,
-under the above conditions for modified versions,
-except that this permission notice may be stated in a
-translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.
-@end ifinfo
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2003 by the authors
-@ignore
-Should add disclaimer, abstract
+ Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+ under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
+ or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ with no Invariant Sections.
+ A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
+ Free Documentation License''.
-"GNU LilyPond has no connection with the music package Rosegarden, other
-than the names being similar :-)"
-@end ignore
+@end titlepage
+
+
+@ifnottex
+This file documents GNU LilyPond.
+
+Copyright 1999--2003 by the authors
+
+ Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+ under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
+ or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ with no Invariant Sections.
+ A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
+ Free Documentation License''.
+
+@end ifnottex
+
@ifnottex
@node Top
@top
-@end ifnottex
@chapter GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
-LilyPond produces sheet music from input files. This document describes
-how to use LilyPond.
+This is the user manual for GNU LilyPond 1.7.16.
@cindex web site
@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/}. The website contains on-line copies of
this and other documentation.
-
+@mbinclude dedication.itely
@menu
-* Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction to lilypond.
-* Invoking LilyPond:: Operation.
-* Bug reports:: Where to report bugs.
+* Preface:: Preface.
+* Introduction:: What, Why, How.
+* Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction to LilyPond.
* Reference Manual:: Reference Manual.
-@c Move to Reference Manual?
-* Internals:(lilypond-internals). Auto generated detailed documentation.
-* convert-ly:: Upgrading input files.
-* Internals:: How it all works.
-* Development:: On developing code for LilyPond.
+* Advanced Topics:: How it all works.
+* Invoking LilyPond:: Operation.
+* Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
+* lilypond-book manual:: Integrating text and music with lilypond-book.
+* Literature:: Additional reading material.
* Index:: Unified index.
+* Reference manual details::
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: FDL.
@end menu
+@end ifnottex
-@contents
-
-@macro keyindex {word}
-@cindex @code{ \word\ }
-
-@end macro
-
-@macro indexcode {word}
-@cindex @code{ \word\ }
-
-@end macro
+@contents
+@mbinclude macros.itexi
+@mbinclude preface.itely
+@mbinclude introduction.itely
@mbinclude tutorial.itely
-
-@mbinclude invoking.itexi
-
-@mbinclude bugs.itexi
-
@mbinclude refman.itely
+@mbinclude literature.itely
+@mbinclude internals.itely
+@mbinclude invoking.itexi
+@mbinclude lilypond-book.itely
+@mbinclude converters.itely
-@mbinclude convert-ly.itexi
-
-@mbinclude development.itexi
+@c FIXME: Index has two alphabetically sorted lists @code vs plain?
@node Index
@unnumbered Index
@printindex cp
+@mbinclude appendices.itely
+@mbinclude fdl.itexi
+
@bye