best-engraved classical scores. This is further explained in our
@ref{Essay}.
+
+
@subsubheading Effective layout choices
Spend less time with tweaking the output; LilyPond gets the
and slurs and beams are sloped, automatically!
+@divEnd
+
+@divClass{color2}
@subheading Ease of use
@subsubheading Text-based input
+@imageFloat{lilypond-book,png,right}
LilyPond takes ASCII input, which you can produce in your favorite
text editor, quickly and comfortably. The input contains all the
@subsubheading Mix music and text
-@imageFloat{lilypond-book,png,right}
-
Put fragments of music into texts without cutting and pasting
pictures. Integrate music into @LaTeX{} or HTML seamlessly, or add
music to OpenOffice.org with OOoLilyPond.
LISP. Settings, variables and functions are all documented in the
comprehensive program reference manual.
+@divEnd
+
+@divClass{color3}
+
@subheading Environment
+
+
@subsubheading Free software
+@imageFloat{frescobaldi-lilypond-editor-small,png,right}
LilyPond can be downloaded free of charge! Yep - It's free. Get
it from the download page.
questions on the lilypond-user mailing list, while the development
team makes sure that problems are solved quickly.
-@divEnd
+@subsubheading Enhanced editors
+
+
+Several developers, themselves active LilyPond users, have also
+written tools specifically aimed at making the process of editing
+LilyPond files faster and more effective. For some examples, see
+@ref{Easier editing}.
+
+@divEnd
@divClass{column-center-bottom}
@subheading Where now?