-\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
+\input texinfo @c -*- coding: latin-1; mode: texinfo; -*-
@setfilename lilypond.info
@settitle GNU LilyPond
+@iftex
+@afourpaper
+@end iftex
+@ignore
+Distributions will want to install lilypond.info in postinstall, 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.
+@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)Running LilyPond. Invoking the
+@c LilyPond program.
+* 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
-@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 Applications|Publishing
+@omflanguage English
+@end ignore
- Copyright @copyright{} 1999 by the authors
+@c don't remove this comment.
-@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
+@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.
+HINTS FOR STYLE
-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.
+* Do not forget to create @cindex entries for new sections of text.
-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.
+* Try not to use punctuation between introductocing sentence and
+display material (verbatim, music, example code).
-@end titlepage
+* Do not refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
+manual is about.
-@ifinfo
-This file documents GNU LilyPond.
+* If you do, capitalization is LilyPond.
-Copyright 1999 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen and Adrian Mariano
+* Do not explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
+besides the reader and the writer.
-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.
+* Do not use abbreviations (don't, won't, etc.).
-@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).
+* Avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'')
+
+* 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
-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.
+@ifhtml
+This document is also available in @uref{../lilypond.ps.gz,gzipped
+PostScript} and @uref{../lilypond.pdf,PDF}.
+@end ifhtml
-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
+@documentlanguage en
+@documentencoding ISO-8859-1
-@ignore
-Should add disclaimer, abstract
+@syncodeindex fn cp
+@syncodeindex ky cp
+@syncodeindex pg cp
+@syncodeindex tp cp
+@syncodeindex vr cp
-"GNU LilyPond has no connection with the music package Rosegarden, other
-than the names being similar :-)"
-@end ignore
+@titlepage
+@title GNU LilyPond
+@subtitle The music typesetter
+@author The LilyPond development team
+
+
+
+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
+ 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''.
+
+@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
+ \override Score.RehearsalMark #'font-size = #-2
+ \mark #(ly:export (string-append
+ "(For LilyPond version " (lilypond-version) ")"))
+ s2
+ }
+ \layout {
+ indent = 0.0\pt
+ raggedright = ##t
+ }
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@end titlepage
+
@ifnottex
-@node Top
-@c FIXME: this should not be necessary...
-@top
+This file documents GNU LilyPond.
+
+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
+ 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
-@chapter GNU LilyPond --- The music typesetter
-LilyPond produces sheet music from input files. This document describes
-how to use LilyPond.
+@ifnottex
+@node Top
+@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 2.3.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.
-
+@include dedication.itely
@menu
-* Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction to LilyPond.
-* Invoking LilyPond:: Operation.
-* Bug reports:: Where to report bugs.
-* Reference Manual:: Reference Manual.
-* Features:: Features, tips and tricks.
-* Internals:(lilypond-internals). Auto generated detailed documentation.
-* Programs:: External programs.
-* Internals:: How it all works.
-* Development:: On developing code for LilyPond.
-* Index:: Unified index.
+* Preface:: Preface.
+* Introduction:: What, Why, How.
+* Tutorial:: A tutorial introduction.
+* Example templates:: Larger examples
+* Notation manual:: All notation supported, and how to
+ produce it.
+* Sound:: Producing MIDI output
+* Changing defaults:: Tuning output.
+* Interfaces for programmers::
+* Running LilyPond:: Operation.
+* Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
+* Integrating text and music:: Integrating text and music with lilypond-book.
+* Literature list::
+* Scheme tutorial::
+* Notation manual details::
+* Point and click::
+* Unified index::
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: FDL.
+* Cheat sheet::
@end menu
+@end ifnottex
@contents
-@mbinclude macros.itexi
+@include macros.itexi
+@include preface.itely
+@include introduction.itely
+@include tutorial.itely
+@include examples.itely
+@include invoking.itely
+@include notation.itely
+@include sound-output.itexi
+@include changing-defaults.itely
+@include programming-interface.itely
+@include lilypond-book.itely
+@include converters.itely
-@mbinclude tutorial.itely
-@mbinclude invoking.itexi
+@c FIXME: Index has two alphabetically sorted lists @code vs plain?
-@mbinclude bugs.itexi
-@mbinclude refman.itely
+@include literature.itely
+@include scheme-tutorial.itely
+@include notation-appendices.itely
+@include point-and-click.itely
-@mbinclude features.itely
+@node Unified index
+@appendix Unified index
-@mbinclude programs.itexi
+@printindex cp
-@mbinclude development.itexi
+@include fdl.itexi
-@c FIXME: Index has two alphabetically sorted lists @code vs plain?
-@node Index
-@unnumbered Index
-
-@printindex cp
+@include cheatsheet.itely
@bye