\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename lilypond.info
@settitle GNU LilyPond
-
-@html
-<!--- @@WEB-TITLE@@=User Manual --->
-@end html
+@iftex
+@afourpaper
+@end iftex
@ignore
-Distributions will want to install lilypond.info doing:
+Distributions will want to install lilypond.info in postinstall, doing:
- ./install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out/lilypond.info
+ 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.
-* 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.
+@c prepend GNU for dir, must be unique
+@c do not list the `lilypond' node at toplevel, so that `info lilypond'
+@c goes to Top.
+@c * lilypond: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking LilyPond. Titling LilyPond scores.
+* GNU LilyPond: (lilypond/lilypond). The GNU music typesetter.
+* convert-ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
+* midi2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking midi2ly. Importing MIDI.
+* etf2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking etf2ly. Importing Finale.
+* abc2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking abc2ly. Importing ABC.
+* musedata2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking musedata2ly. Importing MuseData.
+* mup2ly: (lilypond/lilypond)Invoking mup2ly. Importing Mup.
@end direntry
@omfcreator Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen
@omfdescription User manual of the LilyPond music engraving system
@omftype user manual
-@omfcategory Music
+@omfcategory Applications|Publishing
@omflanguage English
@end ignore
HINTS FOR STYLE
-* don't refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
-manual is about
+* Do not forget to create @cindex entries for new sections of text.
+
+* Try not to use punctuation between introductocing sentence and
+display material (verbatim, music, example code).
+
+* Do not refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
+manual is about.
+
+* If you do, capitalization is LilyPond.
-* don't explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
+* Do not explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
besides the reader and the writer.
-* don't use abbreviations (don't, won't, etc.)
+* Do not use abbreviations (don't, won't, etc.).
-* avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'')
+* Avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'')
-* avoid long stretches of input code. Noone is go to read them in
-print. Instead refer to an example input file (@inputfileref), these
+* Avoid long stretches of input code. Noone is going to read them in
+print. Instead refer to an example input file (@inputfileref), these
are clickable in HTML.
+* Abbrevs in caps, e.g. HTML, DVI, MIDI, etc.
+
+* Colon usage
+ 0. Do not use a colon to introduce examples, sentences just continue
+
+ in the display material.
+
+ 1. To introduce lists
+ 2. When beginning a quote: "So, he said,..."
+ This usage is rarer. Americans often just use a comma.
+ 3. When adding a defining example at the end of a sentence.
+
@end ignore
@ifhtml
@subtitle The music typesetter
@author Han-Wen Nienhuys
@author Jan Nieuwenhuizen
-@author J@"{u}gen Reuter
+@author J@"{u}rgen Reuter
@author Rune Zedeler
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2003 by the authors
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2004 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
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
Free Documentation License''.
+@vskip 20pt
+
+@c Not yet debugged or reported. This crashes gs-8.01:
+@c compiling gs-8.01 right now... -- jcn
+@lilypond[raggedright]
+\score {
+ \context Lyrics {
+ \override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT
+ \mark #(ly:export (string-append
+ "(For LilyPond version " (lilypond-version) ")"))
+ s2
+ }
+ \paper {
+ indent = 0.0\pt
+ raggedright = ##t
+ }
+}
+@end lilypond
@end titlepage
@ifnottex
This file documents GNU LilyPond.
-Copyright 1999--2003 by the authors
+Copyright 1999--2004 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
@ifnottex
@node Top
-@top
+@top GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
+@c HJJ: Info needs `@top', which is a synonym for `@unnumbered' in TeX.
-@chapter GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
-
-This is the user manual for GNU LilyPond 1.7.16.
+This is the user manual for GNU LilyPond 2.3.x series.
+@ifhtml
+(See the bottom of this page for the exact version number).
+@end ifhtml
@cindex web site
@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/}. The website contains on-line copies of
this and other documentation.
-@mbinclude dedication.itely
+@include dedication.itely
@menu
* Preface:: Preface.
* Introduction:: What, Why, How.
-* Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction to LilyPond.
-* Reference Manual:: Reference Manual.
-* Advanced Topics:: How it all works.
+* Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction.
+* Example templates:: Larger examples
+* Notation manual:: All notation supported, and how to
+ produce it.
+* Changing defaults:: Tuning output.
+* Interfaces for programmers::
* 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::
+* Unified index::
+* Notation manual details::
+* Literature list::
+* Cheat sheet::
* GNU Free Documentation License:: FDL.
@end menu
@end ifnottex
-
@contents
-@mbinclude macros.itexi
-@mbinclude preface.itely
-@mbinclude introduction.itely
-@mbinclude tutorial.itely
-@mbinclude refman.itely
-@mbinclude literature.itely
-@mbinclude internals.itely
-@mbinclude invoking.itexi
-@mbinclude lilypond-book.itely
-@mbinclude converters.itely
+
+@include macros.itexi
+@include preface.itely
+@include introduction.itely
+@include tutorial.itely
+@include examples.itely
+@include invoking.itexi
+@include notation.itely
+@include changing-defaults.itely
+@include programming-interface.itely
+@include lilypond-book.itely
+@include converters.itely
@c FIXME: Index has two alphabetically sorted lists @code vs plain?
-@node Index
-@unnumbered Index
+@node Unified index
+@unnumbered Unified index
@printindex cp
-@mbinclude appendices.itely
-@mbinclude fdl.itexi
+@include notation-appendices.itely
+
+@include literature.itely
+
+@include cheatsheet.itely
+
+@include fdl.itexi
@bye