@node Features
@unnumberedsec Features
+@divClass{column-center-top}
-@subheading Why switch to LilyPond?
-
-
+@subheading Elegance
@subsubheading Excellent classical engraving
@imageFloat{flat-design,png,right}
best-engraved classical scores. This is further explained in our
@ref{Essay}.
-
-@subsubheading Less fiddling
+@subsubheading Effective layout choices
Spend less time with tweaking the output; LilyPond gets the
formatting correct right from the start. It determines spacing by
and slurs and beams are sloped, automatically!
+@subheading Ease of use
+
@subsubheading Text-based input
LilyPond takes ASCII input, which you can produce in your favorite
information, so there is no need to remember complex command sequences:
simply save a file for later reference.
+@subsubheading Mix music and text
+
+@imageFloat{lilypond-book,png,right}
+
+Put fragments of music into texts without cutting and pasting
+pictures. Integrate music into @LaTeX{} or HTML seamlessly, or add
+music to OpenOffice.org with OOoLilyPond.
+
@subsubheading Accessibility
LilyPond files -- an impossible task in graphical-based
score-writing programs.
+@subsubheading Extensible design
-@subsubheading Mix music and text
-
-@imageFloat{lilypond-book,png,right}
-
-Put fragments of music into texts without cutting and pasting
-pictures. Integrate music into @LaTeX{} or HTML seamlessly, or add
-music to OpenOffice.org with OOoLilyPond.
-
+All settings can be changed to suit your personal typographical
+taste. If that still is not enough, there is always the built-in
+scripting language Scheme, a dialect of the powerful language
+LISP. Settings, variables and functions are all documented in the
+comprehensive program reference manual.
+@subheading Environment
@subsubheading Free software
pay someone else to do it.
-@subsubheading Extensible design
-
-All settings can be changed to suit your personal typographical
-taste. If that still is not enough, there is always the built-in
-scripting language Scheme, a dialect of the powerful language
-LISP. Settings, variables and functions are all documented in the
-comprehensive program reference manual.
-
-
@subsubheading Excellent support
LilyPond runs on all popular platforms: GNU/Linux, MacOS X, and
questions on the lilypond-user mailing list, while the development
team makes sure that problems are solved quickly.
-
+@divEnd
@divClass{column-center-bottom}
@subheading Where now?