@dircategory GNU music project
@direntry
-@c ;; prepend GNU for dir, must be unique
-* GNU LilyPond: (./lilypond/lilypond). The GNU music typesetter.
-* lilypond: (./lilypond/lilypond)Invoking LilyPond. Titling LilyPond scores.
-* Glossary: (./lilypond/music-glossary). Glossary of music terms.
-* 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.
+@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
* Try not to use punctuation between introductocing sentence and
display material (verbatim, music, example code).
-* don't refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
-manual is about
+* Do not refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
+manual is about.
-* if you do, capitalization is LilyPond.
+* 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.
+* 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
@vskip 20pt
-
+%% Not yet debugged or reported. This crashes gs-8.01:
+%% compiling gs-8.01 right now... -- jcn
@lilypond[raggedright]
\score {
\context Lyrics \notes {
}
}
@end lilypond
-
@end titlepage
@top GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
@c HJJ: Info needs `@top', which is a synonym for `@unnumbered' in TeX.
-This is the user manual for GNU LilyPond 2.1.x series.
+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
* Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction.
* Notation manual:: All notation supported, and how to
produce it.
-* Changing defaults:: Tuning output
+* Changing defaults:: Tuning output.
* Invoking LilyPond:: Operation.
* Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
* lilypond-book manual:: Integrating text and music with lilypond-book.