-
-
-This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
-***************************************
-
- LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music
-using a high level description file as input. LilyPond is part of the
-GNU Project.
-
-Versioning
-==========
-
- LilyPond uses a versioning scheme similar to the Linux kernel. In a
-version "x.y.z", an even second number 'y' denotes a stable version.
-For development versions 'y' is odd. For using straightforward score
-production, please use the latest stable version. Development versions
-may not produce good or nice scores.
-
-Requirements
-============
-
- For the compilation and running of LilyPond you need some additional
-packages. Please refer to the installation instructions.
-
- NOTE: If you downloaded a binary (.rpm or a W95/NT .zip file), you
-don't have to compile LilyPond.
-
-Installation
-============
-
- For your convenience, a formatted copy of the INSTALL instructions
-are in the toplevel directory, as INSTALL.txt
-
-Documentation
-=============
-
- The real documentation is the directory Documentation/
-
- If you want to read the documentation online, these are options:
- * use `.html'. Refer to INSTALL.txt for info on how to make the
- .html documentation.
-
- * use `.html'. Point your browser to
- `http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/index.html'.
-
- * use `.dvi', for the tutorial and reference manual. Do
-
- make -C Documentation/user/ dvi
-
- * use ASCII. Do using
- make -C doc
-
-
-Comments
-========
-
- LilyPond is a long way from finished and polished. We do appreciate
-criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc.
-
- Please send your e-mail to one of the MAILING LISTS
-
- and _not_ to us personally. See `Documentation/mail.texi' for more
-info.
-
-Windows 32
-==========
-
- If you have received this file as part of a DOS/Window32 distribution
-(`LilyPond-*.zip'), it is advisable to also download the source
-package, since it might contain more documentation
-`ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/'
-
- If you decide to build LilyPond from source, please read the
-INSTALL.txt document first, especially the Windows NT/95 section.
-
-Caveats
-=======
-
- If you have installed a previous version, be sure to remove old font
-files, eg.,
- rm `find /var/lib/texmf/fonts -name 'feta*'`
-
- a script to do this for you is in `buildscripts/clean-fonts.sh'
-
-Bugs
-====
-
- Send bug reports to <bug-gnu-music@gnu.org>. For help and questions
-use <help-gnu-music@gnu.org> and <gnu-music-discuss@gnu.org>. Please
-consult the FAQ and installation instructions before mailing your
-problems.
-
-CDROM distributions
-===================
-
- If you have received LilyPond on a cdrom, chances are that
-development has moved some patchlevels up. Please check the latest
-version of LilyPond before reporting bugs.
-
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