From c462eddf4f62e6fee611ed16137aecff6394cf04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fred Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:37:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] lilypond-0.0.46.jcn1 --- ANNOUNCE | 140 +++++++++++++------------------------ Documentation/lilypond.pod | 14 +++- 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index afcf2ffd5d..f011b485f3 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,15 +1,27 @@ -[Draft version] +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! -CALL FOR HACKERS: LilyPond, the Music Typesetter +I have been working very hard on a music typesetting system (called +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. -[Sorry if this is a bit off-topic; I want to announce this software to -small crowd, because it is still test-stage] +Sources for this project are on -Hi net! + ftp://pcnov095.win.tue.nl/pub/lilypond/ -this is to announce the availability of the first public release -(v0.1) of my music typesetter. +detailed info and examples can be found on the webpage at: + + http://www.stack.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/index.html + +(it is somewhat lousy, but I have more important things to do). + + +[DETAILED DESCRIPTION] WHAT IS LILYPOND @@ -20,100 +32,46 @@ output medium. (this is handy because there exist music fonts for TeX) As a bonus, you can also output a MIDI file of what you typed. -HOW DOES IT WORK - -The input is a script file (example appended) which is read. The -script file is a "music definition", ie, you type the melody as if it -is read out loud - -LilyPond interprets this melody and generates appropriate output items -(balls, stems, beams), and calculates where they should be put. Then -it outputs a TeX file. Warning: this said calculations is *slow* (a full -page of music typically takes 1 minute on my 486/66) +The input is a script file which is read. The script file is a "music +definition", ie, you type the melody as if it is read out loud -WHY IS THIS A TEST VERSION +WHAT IS NEEDED? -There a lot of advanced features (grace notes, piano staffs) which are -VapourFeatures (tm). We're not sure about the language. It may change; -having a large user base is a burden then. +for compilation you need -WHY A CALL FOR HACKERS + Unix. (Win32 is known to work, too) + GNU C++ v2.7 or better, with libg++ installed. + GNU make. + Flex (2.5.1 or better). + Bison. -Currently, the development team has three people. I'd this project to -have more people working on it (there is a lot of work to be done) I -think this program is pretty original, so join in if you know anything -about music and computers! +for running you need -As an aside, I really like the anarchist approach of linux development. + TeX + The MusixTeX fonts. (I use those in MusixTeX T.59) -WHAT HAS TO BE DONE +FEATURES -LilyPond is written in Gnu C++, and it is (if I say so myself) written -very cleanly (Lots of classes, lots of comments, small files/small -functions) and with extensions in mind. +ASCII script input, with identifiers (for music reuse), customizable +notenames - - Coding. For this time, there won't any biggish (global) -source hackings. There are a lot of small projects which could use -some work. +MIDI output lets you check if you have entered the correct notes. +MIDI to Mudela conversion through the mi2mu program. - - Some TeX hacking. I know little about TeX +Multiple staffs in one score. Each staff can have a different meters. +Multiple voices within one staff; beams optionally shared between +voices. (well, more than 2 voices won't look pretty --yet.) Multiple +scores within one input file. Each score is output to a different +file. - - Documentation. I don't have time for this - -I WANT MORE INFO! - -You can download it at: - - ftp://pcnov095.win.tue.nl/pub/lilypond - -or visit the incredibly lousy webpage at: - - http://www.stack.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/index.html +Beams, slurs, chords, super/subscripts (accents and text), triplets, +general n-plet (triplet, quadruplets, etc.), lyrics, transposition +dynamics (both absolute and hairpin style) clef changes, meter +changes, cadenza-mode, key changes, repeat bars -EXAMPLE INPUT - - % twinkle twinkle little star - melody = music { - $\clef\violin - c c | g g | a a | g g | - f f | e e | d d8.( e16 | )c2 | - - g g | f f | e e | d d | - g g | f f | e( e8. f16 | e )d | - - c c | g g | a a | g g | - f f | e e | d d8.( e16 | )c2 - $ - } - - text2 = music { - @ - \textstyle "roman" - When the bla- zing sun is gone,2 - When he no- thing shines up- on,2 - Then you show your lit- tle light,2 - Twin- kle, twin- kle, all the night.2 - Twin- kle, twin- kle, lit- tle star,2 - How I won- der what you are!2 - @ - } - - english_staf = staff { - lyric - music { text2 } - } - - score { - staff { melodic music { melody } } - staff { english_staf } - paper { - unitspace 2.5cm - } - commands { - meter {2 * 4} - skip {24*2} - bar "||" - } - } +[Kudos to FSF, all linux hackers, and --of course-- especially +GrandMaster Linus T, for the OS and The Announce :-] + Han-Wen Nienhuys + Jan Nieuwenhuizen diff --git a/Documentation/lilypond.pod b/Documentation/lilypond.pod index f4dd08b08c..da1d68bf3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/lilypond.pod +++ b/Documentation/lilypond.pod @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ multiple stafftypes (melodic, rhythmic) [broken from pl28 on] beams, slurs, chords, super/subscripts (accents and text), triplets, general n-plet (triplet, quadruplets, etc.), lyrics, transposition +dynamics (both absolute and hairpin style) =item * @@ -208,7 +209,8 @@ quality. If you're not discouraged; this is what I type in my xterm: This is what the output looks like over here: LilyPond 0.0.40 #0/FlowerLib 1.1.7 #2. Compile: Mar 11 1997, 22:58:47 (g++ 2.7.2) - Parsing ... [./init//symbol.ini[./init//dynamic.ini][./init//dutch.ini][./init//script.ini][./init//table_sixteen.ini]][./input/wohltemperirt.ly] + Parsing ... [./init//symbol.ini[./init//dynamic.ini][./init//dutch.ini] + [./init//script.ini][./init//table_sixteen.ini]][./input/wohltemperirt.ly] Setting up music ...Processing music ............ Preprocessing ... Calculating column positions ... [3][6][9] @@ -265,10 +267,18 @@ includes files from the directory F. =back +=head1 ENVIRONMENT + +B an (one) additional directory for finding lilypond data. + =head1 SEE ALSO +mudela(5) + There are some documentation files in the subdirectory F, -among others: lilygut, lilyinput, error, faq, +among others: lilygut, error, faq, + +http://www.stack.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/index.html =head1 REMARKS -- 2.39.5