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11 @settitle LilyPond -- Music notation for everyone
12 @documentencoding UTF-8
16 @c `Web' was imported 2009-08-05 with git commit b938d71...
17 @c @macro copyrightDeclare
18 @c Copyright @copyright{} 2009--2010 by the authors.
24 @include weblinks.itexi
28 @c don't remove this comment.
30 @omfcreator Graham Percival and Patrick McCarty
31 @omfdescription General info about the LilyPond music engraving system
32 @omftype program usage
33 @omfcategory Applications|Publishing
38 Copyright @copyright{} 2009--2010 by the authors.
40 This file documents FOO.
43 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
44 document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
45 Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
46 Foundation; with no Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is
47 included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
56 @top LilyPond... music notation for everyone
60 @c hack for texi2html, bleh -gp
67 @subtitle The music typesetter
68 @titlefont{General Information}
69 @author The LilyPond development team
71 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
76 For LilyPond version @version{}
79 @c end hack for texi2html
82 @c ************************ WEBSITE START ***************
88 ... music notation for everyone
91 @c @imageId{cmws,web-clef-g-eight-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
92 @imageId{lilylogo,double-lily-modified3,png,LilyPond logo}
93 @c @im ageId{cmws,web-snippet-alpha.png,Catchy Musical Web Snippet}
96 @subheading What is LilyPond?
98 LilyPond is an open-source music engraving program, devoted to
99 producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. This free
100 software brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to
103 @divClass{align-right}
104 Read more in our @ref{Introduction}!
115 @c TODO: generate this automatically, including RSS feed.
116 @include web/news-front.itexi
118 @divClass{float-right}
129 @divId{latestVersion}
130 @subheading Quick links
132 @c TODO: javascript to detect OS and suggest download?
134 @subsubheading Stable
136 @ref{Download, Download @versionStable}
138 @ref{Manuals, Manuals @versionStable}
140 @subsubheading Unstable
142 @ref{Development, Download @versionDevel}
144 @ref{Development, Manuals @versionDevel}
154 * Introduction:: Start here to creating sheet music.
155 * Download:: Get LilyPond.
156 * Manuals:: Read The Fine Manuals (RTFM).
157 * Community:: Contact other users.
165 @allowcodebreaks false
167 @c ****************** GENERAL STUFF FOR INFO ************
169 Distributions will want to install lilypond.info in postinstall, doing:
171 install-info --info-dir=/usr/share/info out[-www]/lilypond-web.info
173 * Prepend GNU for dir, must be unique.
175 * Do not list the `lilypond' node at toplevel, so that `info lilypond'
178 * List all commands in direntry.
182 @c Info files are no longer installed in a subdirectory, images are
183 @c expected to be found in lilypond/ subdirectory.
184 @dircategory GNU LilyPond --- the music typesetter
186 * LilyPond Learning Manual: (lilypond-learning). Start here.
187 * Music Glossary: (music-glossary). For non-English users.
188 * LilyPond: (lilypond-notation). LilyPond Notation Reference.
189 * LilyPond Snippets: (lilypond-snippets). Short tricks, tips, and examples.
190 * LilyPond Internals Reference: (lilypond-internals). Definitions for tweaking.
191 * LilyPond Application Usage: (lilypond-usage). Installing and running applications.
192 * LilyPond Website: (lilypond-web). Preview of new website.
193 * lilypond: (lilypond-usage)Running LilyPond. Invoking the LilyPond program.
194 * abc2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking abc2ly. Importing ABC.
195 * convert-ly: (lilypond-usage)Updating files with convert-ly. Older LilyPond versions.
196 * etf2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking etf2ly. Importing Finale.
197 * lilypond-book: (lilypond-usage)LilyPond-book. Integrating text and music.
198 * midi2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking midi2ly. Importing MIDI.
199 * musicxml2ly: (lilypond-usage)Invoking musicxml2ly. Importing MusicXML.
203 @c FIXME: this still doesn't solve the broken links in pdf and big
204 @c html; we'll need a bunch of @iftext and stuff in here. -gp
205 @c ****************** SPECIAL MACROS FOR WEB MANUAL ************
206 @macro docLinks{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
209 @docLinksBare{\name\,\base\,\refLink\,\split\,\big\,\bigsize\,\pdf\,\pdfsize\}
214 @macro docLinkSplit{name,base,webLink}
216 @uref{../\base\/index.html, \name\ (split HTML)}
223 @macro docLinkBig{name,base,webLink}
225 @uref{../\base\-big-page.html, \name\ (big HTML)}
232 @macro docLinkPdf{name,base,webLink}
234 @uref{../\base\.pdf, \base\.pdf}
242 @macro docLinksBare{name,base,refLink,split,big,bigsize,pdf,pdfsize}
244 @divClass{keep-bullets}
247 @item @docLinkSplit{\name\,\base\,\split\} @minus{}
248 the manual is split between many HTML pages.
249 @*@ @ @emph{(small download for each page)}
251 @item @docLinkBig{\name\,\base\,\big\} @minus{}
252 read this manual as one huge HTML page.
253 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \bigsize\)}
255 @item @docLinkPdf{\name\,\base\,\pdf\} @minus{}
256 download as a PDF file.
257 @*@ @ @emph{(large single download, \pdfsize\)}
266 @c don't add any extra spaces in this macro -gp
267 @macro ifWebLinks{webLink,normalLink}
277 @include web/introduction.itexi
278 @include web/download.itexi
279 @include web/manuals.itexi
280 @include web/community.itexi