+
+
+This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
+***************************************
+
+ LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music
+using a high level description file as input. LilyPond is part of the
+GNU Project.
+
+Versioning
+==========
+
+ LilyPond uses a versioning scheme similar to the Linux kernel. In a
+version "x.y.z", an even second number 'y' denotes a stable version.
+For development versions 'y' is odd.
+
+ Version 1.4 is the latest stable release.
+
+Compilation
+===========
+
+ For compiling and running LilyPond please refer to the installation
+instructions. These instructions can be found when you unpack lilypond,
+as `lilypond-x.y.z/INSTALL.txt'.
+
+ NOTE: If you downloaded a binary (.rpm or a W95/NT .zip file), you
+don't have to compile LilyPond.
+
+Documentation
+=============
+
+ The documentation is available online at `http://www.lilypond.org/'.
+You can also build it locally. This does require a working LilyPond
+binary. The following formats are supported:
+ * HTML. Refer to INSTALL.txt for information on how to make the HTML
+ documentation.
+
+ * `.dvi', for the tutorial and reference manual. Do
+
+ make -C Documentation/user/ dvi
+ The printable documentation is left in `Documentation/user/out/'.
+
+ * paper. Create the .dvi documentation, and print it with dvips.
+
+
+Comments
+========
+
+ LilyPond is a long way from finished and polished, so please send
+your criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc., to the mailing
+list, _not_ to us personally.
+
+ We have the following mailing lists:
+
+ * info-lilypond@gnu.org
+ (http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-lilypond) is a
+ low-volume list for information on the GNU Music project.
+ This list is moderated; ask David R. Linn <drl@gnu.org> or
+ Han-Wen <hanwen@cs.uu.nl> to send announcements for this list.
+
+ * lilypond-devel@gnu.org
+ (http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel) For
+ discussions about developing lilypond, in particular the unstable
+ series.
+
+ * lilypond-user@gnu.org
+ (http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user) For
+ discussions about using lilypond, in particular the stable series.
+
+ * bug-lilypond@gnu.org
+ (http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond) If you have
+ bugreports, you should send them to this list.
+
+Windows 32
+==========
+
+ If you have received this file as part of a DOS/Window32 distribution
+(`LilyPond-*.zip'), it is advisable to also download the source package
+(ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/), since it might contain more
+documentation
+
+Caveats
+=======
+
+ If you have installed a previous version, be sure to remove old font
+files, eg.,
+ rm `find /var/lib/texmf/fonts -name 'feta*'`
+
+ a script to do this for you is in `buildscripts/clean-fonts.sh'
+
+Bugs
+====
+
+ Send bug reports to <bug-lilypond@gnu.org>. For help and questions
+use <help-lilypond@gnu.org> and <lilypond-discuss@gnu.org>. Please
+consult the FAQ and installation instructions before mailing your
+problems.
+