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This is the toplevel README to LilyPondLilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using a high level description file as input. LilyPond is part of the GNU Project. VersioningLilyPond 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. Version 1.4 is the latest stable release. CompilationFor compiling and running LilyPond please refer to the installation
instructions. These instructions can be found when you unpack lilypond,
as NOTE: If you downloaded a binary (.rpm or a W95/NT .zip file), you don't have to compile LilyPond. DocumentationThe documentation is available online at http://www.lilypond.org/. You can also build it locally. This does require a working LilyPond binary. The following formats are supported:
CommentsLilyPond is a long way from finished and polished, so please send your criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc., to the mailing list, not to us personally. We have the following mailing lists:
Windows 32If you have received this file as part of a DOS/Window32 distribution
( CaveatsIf 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 BugsSend 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. |
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