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11 @chapter Toplevel README
14 LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music
15 using a description file as input. LilyPond is part of the GNU
20 LilyPond uses a versioning scheme similar to the Linux kernel. In a
21 version "x.y.z", an even second number 'y' denotes a stable version.
22 For development versions 'y' is odd.
26 The primary download site for sourcecode is
27 @uref{http://lilypond.org/download/}.
29 If you have a slow connection, then you are advised to use
30 @uref{http://sourceforge.net/projects/xdelta/,xdelta} for patching
31 source archives; Xdelta (@file{.xd}) files are supplied on the FTP site.
35 For compiling and running LilyPond see the installation instructions.
36 These instructions can be found when you unpack lilypond, as
37 @file{lilypond-x.y.z/INSTALL.txt}. They are also available on the web
39 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html}.
41 NOTE: If you downloaded a binary (@file{.rpm}) or use the Cygwin
42 @file{setup.exe} program, then you don't have to compile LilyPond.
45 @section Documentation
47 The documentation is available online at
48 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/}.
50 You can also build it locally: follow the instructions under `Building
51 documentation' in the installation instructions.
56 Send your criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc. to the mailing
57 list, not to us personally.
60 <a name="mailing-lists">
63 We have the following mailing lists:
66 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-lilypond,info-lilypond@@gnu.org}
67 is a low-volume list for information on LilyPond project.
68 This list is moderated; ask
69 @email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
70 @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to send announcements for this
74 @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel,lilypond-devel@@gnu.org}
75 for discussions about developing LilyPond, in particular the unstable series.
77 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user,lilypond-user@@gnu.org}
78 for discussions about using LilyPond, in particular the stable series.
80 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond,bug-lilypond@@gnu.org}
81 for sending bugreports.
83 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-cvs,lilypond-cvs@@gnu.org}
84 for commit messages in CVS development. This is a high-volume moderated
88 You can search the lists from the following page:
89 @uref{http://lilypond.org/search, searching facilities}.
93 Send bug reports to @email{bug-lilypond@@gnu.org}. For help and
94 questions use @email{lilypond-user@@gnu.org}.