From e896874a8d98b8bbc4ea9eca1a4d58ebd5c0bcd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fred Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:45:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] lilypond-0.0.67 --- Documentation/index.pod | 23 ++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/index.pod b/Documentation/index.pod index d650acee2c..93ba7ed857 100644 --- a/Documentation/index.pod +++ b/Documentation/index.pod @@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ Excuse me for this poor page. I don't really have time for doing this.. =head1 DESCRIPTION -Technically GNU LilyPond is a preprocessor which generates TeX -(or LaTeX) output which contains information to typeset a musical -score. Practically it is a typesetter, which only uses TeX as an -output medium. (this is handy because there exist music fonts for TeX) +GNU LilyPond is a program to typeset music: it generates TeX (or +LaTeX) output from file input. As a bonus, you can also output a MIDI file of what you typed. -It translates script files (mudela files or F<*.ly>'s) into TeX input. -Typesetting music is a complex task, whereas the message that printed -music conveys is usually a simple one. GNU LilyPond is a try at providing -a simple interface for setting music. + +examples of what LilyPond can do: MIDI, PS, .gif and input. + =head1 DOCUMENTATION + =item * @@ -113,13 +113,6 @@ The lilypond logo (medium size, format: .gif) -=item * - -examples: MIDI, PS, .gif and input. - - =item *