1 This is the toplevel README to LilyPond
4 GNU LilyPond which converts music definition files into visual or
5 audio output: it can typeset formatted sheet music in TeX and
6 and (mechanical) perfomances to MIDI files.
10 if you have downloaded a
14 version, then this is version is *not* meant for producing nice output
15 (but to keep your patchsets up to date). It might not even compile.
19 For the compilation and running of LilyPond you need some additional
20 packages. The most unusual one of this are the mf sources to
21 MusixTeX. Please refer to the installation instructions on how to
22 obtain and install them.
26 For your convenience, a formatted copy of the INSTALL instructions are
27 in the toplevel directory, as INSTALL.text
31 Please refer to the directory Documentation/ for the real doco.
33 To generate the pretty-printed docs, you have to run configure first,
38 You can also simply read the .pod sources. They are ASCII text.
42 LilyPond is a long way from finished and polished. I do appreciate
43 criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc. Please send e-mail to
47 info-gnu-music@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
48 help-gnu-music@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
49 bug-gnu-music@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
50 gnu-music-discuss@vuse.vanderbilt.edu,
52 See the man page on what to use for what. Or you can send it directly
53 to us: hanwen@stack.nl, jan@digicash.com.