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3 @settitle This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
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12 @chapter This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
15 LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music
16 using a high level description file as input. LilyPond is part of
21 LilyPond uses a versioning scheme similar to the Linux kernel. In a
22 version "x.y.z", an even second number 'y' denotes a stable version.
23 For development versions 'y' is odd.
25 Version 1.6 is the latest stable release.
29 The primary download site for sourcecode is
30 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/}.
32 If you have a slow connection, then you are advised to use
33 @uref{xdelta,ftp://ftp.xcf.berkeley.edu/pub/xdelta/} for patching
34 source archives; Xdelta (@file{.xd}) files are supplied on the website.
38 For compiling and running LilyPond please refer to the installation
39 instructions. These instructions can be found when you unpack
40 lilypond, as @file{lilypond-x.y.z/INSTALL.txt}. They are also
41 available on the web at
42 @uref{http://lilypond.org/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html}.
44 NOTE: If you downloaded a binary (@file{.rpm} or a W95/NT @file{.zip}
45 file), you don't have to compile LilyPond.
48 @section Documentation
50 The documentation is available online at
51 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/Documentation/out-www/index.html}.
53 You can also build it locally: follow the instructions under `Building
54 website' in the installation instructions.
59 LilyPond is a long way from finished so we appreciate your criticism,
60 comments, bugreports, patches, etc. Please send them to the mailing
61 list, @emph{not} to us personally.
64 <a name="mailing-lists">
67 We have the following mailing lists:
70 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-lilypond,info-lilypond@@gnu.org}
71 is a low-volume list for information on the GNU Music project.
72 This list is moderated; ask
73 @email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
74 @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to send announcements for this
78 @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel,lilypond-devel@@gnu.org}
79 For discussions about developing lilypond, in particular the unstable series.
81 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user,lilypond-user@@gnu.org}
82 For discussions about using lilypond, in particular the stable series.
84 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond,bug-lilypond@@gnu.org}
85 If you have bugreports, you should send them to this list.
87 @item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-cvs,lilypond-cvs@@gnu.org}
88 Commit messages for CVS development. This is a high-volume moderated
92 You can search the lists from the following page:
93 @uref{http://lilypond.org/search, searching facilities}.
97 If you have received this file as part of a DOS/Window32 distribution
98 (@file{LilyPond-*.zip}), it is advisable to also download the
99 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/,source package}, since it
100 might contain more documentation
104 If you have installed a previous version, be sure to remove old font
107 rm `find /var/lib/texmf/fonts -name 'feta*'`
109 a script to do this for you is left
110 @file{buildscripts/out/clean-fonts}
114 Send bug reports to @email{bug-lilypond@@gnu.org}. For help and
115 questions use @email{lilypond-user@@gnu.org}. Please consult the
116 documentation before mailing your problems.