From 9525dd70ee8c96cdee01f1f5da1f284878fc1fbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fred Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:52:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] lilypond-0.1.0 --- ANNOUNCE | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index a904214579..8cabfbcdef 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ -Subject: LilyPond 0.1 released - GNU Project music typesetter - +Subject: LilyPond 0.1 released - The GNU Project music typesetter BORN @@ -12,12 +11,12 @@ Subject: LilyPond 0.1 released - GNU Project music typesetter daughter to Jan 'Janneke' Nieuwenhuizen and Han-Wen 'Wendy' Nienhuys -Lily is a healthy, bouncing baby weighing 340 kilobytes +Lily is a healthy, bouncing baby weighing 345 kilobytes -Visiting hours: 24hrs a day at +Visiting hours: 24 hours a day at ftp://pcnov095.win.tue.nl/pub/lilypond/lilypond-0.1.0.tar.gz (Europe) - ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/lilypond/lilypond-0.1.0.tar.gz (US) + ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu/lilypond-0.1.0.tar.gz (US) You can see some babyfood, diapers and pictures at @@ -26,63 +25,54 @@ You can see some babyfood, diapers and pictures at You can send your congratulations to Janneke (jan@digicash.com) and Wendy (hanwen@stack.nl) -[ And now the serious part ] - Announcing - - GNU LilyPond +GNU LilyPond - The GNU Project Music Typesetter - The Music Typesetter -Do you pine for the nice days of Linux 0.95, when men were men and -wrote their own applications? Are you without a nice project and just -dying to cut your teeth into a bleeding edge application you can -modify for your needs? Do you find it frustrating that everything -works in LaTeX? No more all-nighters to get a nifty program working? -Then this post might be just for you! -I have been working very hard on a music typesetting system (called -GNU LilyPond) the past half year, and I finally think it is ready to be -used and hacked at by a larger public than me and my co-developer. +``WHAT IS GNU LilyPond?'' -Sources for this project are on: +Well Mike, GNU LilyPond is a program which converts music definition +files into visual or auditive output: it can typeset formatted sheet +music to a TeX file and (mechanical) performances to MIDI files. - ftp://pcnov095.win.tue.nl/pub/lilypond/ -detailed info and examples can be found on the webpage at: +We have been working very hard on this system for the past year, and +we finally think that it is ready to be used and hacked at by a larger +public than us. - http://www.stack.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/index.html -It isn't flashy, but then I wasn't born to be a webartist. +WHY ? +We want to create tools to produce production quality scores and parts +of public domain music. -[DETAILED DESCRIPTION] -WHAT IS GNU LilyPond? +BUT .. -GNU LilyPond is a program which converts music definition files into -visual or auditive output: it can typeset formatted sheet music to a -TeX file and and (mechanical) performances to MIDI files. +We haven't yet reached that goal: -WHY? +* The quality of the output isn't good enough yet due to some +unsophisticated algorithms -We want to create tools which can produce production quality scores -and parts of public music. We haven't quite reached that goal: +* Some features haven't been implemented, due to lack of time; most of +them can be done quite simply -* The quality of the output isn't good enough yet due to -some (still) unsophisticated algorithms +This is why we don't consider this software stable yet. It generally +does what it is supposed to, but we reserve the right to make +(incompatible) changes to the input format. We consider it +of BETA quality. -* A number of features haven't been implemented (although they can be -quite simple) -WE WANT YOU! +WE WANT YOU! -You can become a user, but we'd really appreciate it you would start +You can become a user, but we'd really appreciate it if you would start hacking at Lily, and help us advance our project more quickly. -WHAT IS NEEDED? -for compilation you need +``YES, IT IS FANTASTIC! WHAT DO I NEED?'' + +For compilation you need Unix. (windows32 is known to work, too) GNU C++ v2.7 or better, with libg++ installed. @@ -90,18 +80,19 @@ for compilation you need Flex (2.5.1 or better). Bison. (1.25 or better) -for running you need +For running you need TeX - MusiXTeX fonts + MusiXTeX fonts The MusiXTeX fonts are part of the MusiXTeX package version T.73, available at any CTAN mirror, or http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/ -WHAT CAN LILYPOND DO? + +``WHAT CAN LILYPOND DO?'' ASCII script input (mudela), with identifiers (for music reuse), -customizable notenames +customizable notenames. MIDI output lets you check if you have entered the correct notes. MIDI to Mudela conversion through the mi2mu program. @@ -112,11 +103,26 @@ beams optionally shared between voices. Multiple scores within one input file. Each score is output to a different file. Beams, slurs, chords, super/subscripts (accents and text), -general n-plet (triplet, quadruplets, etc.), lyrics, transposition +general n-plet (triplet, quadruplets, etc.), lyrics, transposition, dynamics (both absolute and hairpin style), clef changes, meter -changes, cadenza-mode, key changes, repeat bars +changes, cadenza-mode, key changes, repeat bars. + +Integration with LaTeX through Perl scripts. + -Integration with LaTeX through scripts. +``WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFO?'' + +Sources for this project are on + + ftp://pcnov095.win.tue.nl/pub/lilypond/ (Europe) + ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu/ (US) + +More detailed info and examples can be found on the webpage at + + http://www.stack.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/index.html +THANK YOU, +Thanks go out to Mats Bengtsson, Werner Lemberg and Richard Stallman +for comments and contributions. -- 2.39.5