-\input texinfo @c -*- coding: latin-1; mode: texinfo; -*-
+\input texinfo @c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
@setfilename lilypond.info
@settitle GNU LilyPond
@iftex
@afourpaper
@end iftex
+@dircategory GNU music project
+@direntry
+
@ignore
+(I think)
+Current version of the manual: 2.6.0
+Please update this whenever you run convert-ly on the docs.
+
+convert-ly --from=... --to=... --no-version *.itely
+
+%%%%%
+
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
-@ignore
+%%%%%
* Prepend GNU for dir, must be unique.
* Avoid fluff (``Notice that,'' ``as you can see,'' ``Currently,'').
+* The above three suggestions refer to the formal Notation Manual
+ (chapters 5 and up). In the Tutorial, Example templates, and
+ Putting it all together, you may write more colloquially
+
* The use of the word `illegal' is inappropriate in most cases. Say
`invalid' instead.
This makes it easier to not forget `@noindent'.
- . Non-ASCII characters which are in latin-1 should be directly used;
- this is, don't say `Ba@ss{}tuba' but `Baßtuba'. This ensures that
+ . Non-ASCII characters which are in utf-8 should be directly used;
+ this is, don't say `Ba@ss{}tuba' but `Baßtuba'. This ensures that
all such characters appear in all output formats.
@end ignore
@documentlanguage en
-@documentencoding ISO-8859-1
+@documentencoding utf-8
@syncodeindex fn cp
@syncodeindex ky cp
* Instrument-specific notation:: Notation that is only used for some
instruments.
* Advanced notation:: Less frequently used notation.
-* Global issues:: Non-notation commands.
-
* Changing defaults:: Tuning output.
+* Output formats:: What LilyPond produces.
+
* Interfaces for programmers::
* LilyPond-book:: Integrating text and music.
* Converting from other formats:: Converting to lilypond source format.
@include basic-notation.itely
@include instrument-notation.itely
@include advanced-notation.itely
+@include changing-defaults.itely
@include global.itely
-@include changing-defaults.itely
@include programming-interface.itely
@include lilypond-book.itely
@include converters.itely