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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. So, in theory, version 1.2 is stable, which means that there are no glaring errors in it. In practice 1.2.x is also unmaintained. 1.3.x is in healthy development: lots of problems turn up, but they're fixed quickly. Therefore we recommend you try 1.2.x, if you have any problem with it, upgrade to the latest 1.3.x release. RequirementsFor 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. InstallationFor your convenience, a formatted copy of the INSTALL instructions are in the toplevel directory, as INSTALL.txt DocumentationThe real documentation is the directory Documentation/ If you want to read the documentation online, these are options:
CommentsLilyPond is a long way from finished and polished. We do appreciate criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc., but please, Please send your e-mail to one of the MAILING LISTS and not to us personally. We have the following mailing lists:
Windows 32If you have received this file as part of a DOS/Window32 distribution
( If you decide to build LilyPond from source, please read the INSTALL.txt document first, especially the Windows NT/95 section. 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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Please send GNU LilyPond questions and comments to gnu-music-discuss@gnu.org. Please send comments on these web pages to (address unknown) Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
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