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@chapter Toplevel README


LilyPond is a music typesetter.  It produces beautiful sheet music
using a description file as input.  LilyPond is part of the GNU
Project.

@section 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.

@section Downloading

The primary download site for sourcecode is
@uref{http://lilypond.org/download/}.

@section Compilation

For compiling and running LilyPond see the installation instructions.
These instructions can be found when you unpack lilypond, as
@file{lilypond-x.y.z/INSTALL.txt}. They are also available on the web
at
@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html}.

@section Documentation

The documentation is available online at
@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/}.

You can also build it locally: follow the instructions under `Building
documentation' in the installation instructions.


@section Comments

Send your criticism, comments, bugreports, patches, etc. to the mailing
list, not to us personally.

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We have the following mailing lists:

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@item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-lilypond,info-lilypond@@gnu.org}
is a low-volume list for information on LilyPond project.
    This list is moderated; ask 
    @email{drl@@gnu.org, David R. Linn} or
    @email{hanwen@@cs.uu.nl, Han-Wen} to send announcements for this
list.

@item
@uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel,lilypond-devel@@gnu.org}
  for discussions about developing LilyPond, in particular the unstable series.

@item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user,lilypond-user@@gnu.org}
  for discussions about using LilyPond, in particular the stable series.

@item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond,bug-lilypond@@gnu.org}
for sending bugreports.

@item @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-cvs,lilypond-cvs@@gnu.org}
  for commit messages in CVS development. This is a high-volume moderated
  list.
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You can search the lists from the following page:
@uref{http://lilypond.org/search, searching facilities}.

@section Bugs

Send bug reports to @email{bug-lilypond@@gnu.org}.  For help and
questions use @email{lilypond-user@@gnu.org}.


@bye
