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10 @settitle LilyPond -- Music notation for everyone
11 @documentencoding UTF-8
15 @c `Web' was imported 2009-08-05 with git commit b938d71...
16 @c @macro copyrightDeclare
17 @c Copyright @copyright{} 2009 by the authors.
23 @include weblinks.itexi
27 @c don't remove this comment.
29 @omfcreator Graham Percival and Patrick McCarty
30 @omfdescription General info about the LilyPond music engraving system
31 @omftype program usage
32 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
37 Copyright @copyright{} 2009 by the authors.
40 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
41 document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
42 Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
43 Foundation; with no Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is
44 included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
53 @top LilyPond... music notation for everyone
57 @c hack for texi2html, bleh -gp
64 @subtitle The music typesetter
65 @titlefont{General Information}
66 @author The LilyPond development team
68 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
73 For LilyPond version @version{}
76 @c end hack for texi2html
79 @c ************************ WEBSITE START ***************
85 ... music notation for everyone
88 @c @imageId{cmws,web-clef-g-eight-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
89 @imageId{lilylogo,double-lily-modified3,png,LilyPond logo}
90 @c @im ageId{cmws,web-snippet-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
93 @subheading What is LilyPond?
95 LilyPond is an open-source music engraving program, devoted to
96 producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. This free
97 software brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to
100 @divClass{align-right}
101 Read more in our @ref{Introduction}!
112 @c TODO: generate this automatically, including RSS feed.
113 @include web/news-front.itexi
115 @divClass{float-right}
126 @divId{latestVersion}
127 @subheading Quick links
129 @c TODO: javascript to detect OS and suggest download?
131 @subsubheading Stable
133 @ref{Download, Download @versionStable}
135 @ref{Manuals, Manuals @versionStable}
137 @subsubheading Unstable
139 @ref{Development, Download @versionDevel}
141 @ref{Development, Manuals @versionDevel}
151 * Introduction:: Start here to creating sheet music.
152 * Download:: Get LilyPond.
153 * Manuals:: Read The Fine Manuals (RTFM).
154 * Community:: Contact other users.
163 @c ****************** GENERAL STUFF FOR INFO ************
165 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info in postinstall, doing:
167 install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out[-www]/lilypond-web.info
169 * Prepend GNU for dir, must be unique.
171 * Do not list the `lilypond' node at toplevel, so that `info lilypond'
174 * List all commands in direntry.
176 @c * lilypond: (lilypond-application)Running LilyPond. Invoking the
180 @c Info files are no longer installed in a subdirectory, images are
181 @c expected to be found in lilypond/ subdirectory.
182 @dircategory GNU LilyPond --- the music typesetter
184 * LilyPond Learning Manual: (lilypond-learning). Start here.
185 * Music Glossary: (music-glossary). For non-English users.
186 * LilyPond: (lilypond-notation). LilyPond Notation Reference.
187 * LilyPond Snippets: (lilypond-snippets). Short tricks, tips, and examples.
188 * LilyPond Internals Reference: (lilypond-internals). Definitions for tweaking.
189 * LilyPond Application Usage: (lilypond-application). Installing and running applications.
190 * LilyPond Website: (lilypond-general). Preview of new website.
191 * abc2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking abc2ly. Importing ABC.
192 * convert-ly: (lilypond-application)Updating files with convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
193 * etf2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking etf2ly. Importing Finale.
194 * lilypond-book: (lilypond-application)LilyPond-book. Integrating text and music.
195 * midi2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking midi2ly. Importing MIDI.
196 * musicxml2ly: (lilypond-application)Invoking musicxml2ly. Importing MusicXML.
200 @c FIXME: this still doesn't solve the broken links in pdf and big
201 @c html; we'll need a bunch of @iftext and stuff in here. -gp
202 @c ****************** SPECIAL MACROS FOR WEB MANUAL ************
203 @macro docLinks{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
206 @docLinksBare{\name\,\base\,\refLink\,\split\,\big\,\bigsize\,\pdf\,\pdfsize\}
211 @macro docLinkSplit{name,base,webLink}
213 @uref{../\base\/index.html, \name\ (split HTML)}
220 @macro docLinkBig{name,base,webLink}
222 @uref{../\base\-big-page.html, \name\ (big HTML)}
229 @macro docLinkPdf{name,base,webLink}
231 @uref{../\base\.pdf, \base\.pdf}
239 @macro docLinksBare{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
241 @divClass{keep-bullets}
244 @item @docLinkSplit{\name\,\base\,\split\} @minus{}
245 the manual is split between many HTML pages.
246 @*@ @ @emph{(small download for each page)}
248 @item @docLinkBig{\name\,\base\,\big\} @minus{}
249 read this manual as one huge HTML page.
250 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \bigsize\)}
252 @item @docLinkPdf{\name\,\base\,\pdf\} @minus{}
253 download as a PDF file.
254 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \pdfsize\)}
263 @c don't add any extra spaces in this macro -gp
264 @macro ifWebLinks{webLink,normalLink}
274 @include web/introduction.itexi
275 @include web/download.itexi
276 @include web/manuals.itexi
277 @include web/community.itexi