* tex/GNUmakefile (TEX_FILES): add texinfo.cnf

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / user / preface.itely

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@comment @c -*-texinfo-*-
+@c -*- coding: latin-1; mode: texinfo; -*-
 
 @node Preface
 @unnumbered Preface
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ playing becomes a part of your life.  Some days it comes naturally, and
 it is wonderful, and on some days it just does not work, but you keep
 playing, day after day.
 
-Like making music, working on LilyPond is can be dull work, and on
+Like making music, working on LilyPond can be dull work, and on
 some days it feels like plodding through a morass of bugs.
 Nevertheless, it has become a part of our life, and we keep doing it.
 Probably the most important motivation is that our program actually
@@ -49,16 +49,21 @@ Han-Wen and Jan
 Utrecht/Eindhoven, The Netherlands, July 2002.
 
 @menu
-* Notes to version 2.2::        
+* Notes for version 2.4::       
 @end menu
 
-@node Notes to version 2.2
-@unnumberedsec Notes to version 2.2
+@node Notes for version 2.4
+@unnumberedsec Notes for version 2.4
+
+The most important developments in 2.4 are related.  In LilyPond 2.4
+@TeX{} is no longer strictly necessary to engrave music.  This is
+because LilyPond can now also layout pages and determine page breaks.
+Another notable feature is the syntax, which has been simplified even
+further compared to previous versions.
+
+
 
-During the 2.1 development cycle, the cleanup of the existing features
-has continued unabated.  Major areas of improvement are orchestral
-notation, lyrics formatting and font size handling.
 
 Han-Wen and Jan
 
-Utrecht/Eindhoven, The Netherlands, March 2004.
+Utrecht/Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2004.