lilypond-web: Development
Development
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Development for LilyPond 2.18.2
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Note: These are _unstable development_ versions. If you have
the slightest doubt about how to use or install LilyPond, we
urge you to use the stable Download Download, and read
the stable Manuals Manuals.
Release numbers
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There are two sets of releases for LilyPond: stable releases, and
unstable development releases. Stable versions have an even-numbered
‘minor’ version number (e.g., 2.8, 2.10, 2.12). Development versions
have an odd-numbered ‘minor’ version number (e.g., 2.7, 2.9, 2.11).
Download
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Instructions for git and compiling are in the Contributor’s Guide.
lilypond git repository
(http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git)
Documentation writers and testers will generally want to download the
latest binary:
GNU/Linux x86: LilyPond 2.19.3-1
(http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/linux-x86/lilypond-2.19.3-1.linux-x86.sh)
GNU/Linux 64: LilyPond 2.19.3-1
(http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/linux-64/lilypond-2.19.3-1.linux-64.sh)
GNU/Linux PPC: LilyPond 2.19.3-1
(http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/linux-ppc/lilypond-2.19.3-1.linux-ppc.sh)
FreeBSD i386: LilyPond 2.19.3-1
(http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/freebsd-x86/lilypond-2.19.3-1.freebsd-x86.sh)
FreeBSD amd64: LilyPond 2.19.3-1
(http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/freebsd-64/lilypond-2.19.3-1.freebsd-64.sh)
MacOS X x86: LilyPond 2.19.3-1
(http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/darwin-x86/lilypond-2.19.3-1.darwin-x86.tar.bz2)
MacOS X PPC: LilyPond 2.19.3-1
(http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/darwin-ppc/lilypond-2.19.3-1.darwin-ppc.tar.bz2)
Windows: LilyPond 2.19.3-1
(http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.19.3-1.mingw.exe)
Source: lilypond-2.19.3.tar.gz
(http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/sources/v2.19/lilypond-2.19.3.tar.gz)
Contributor’s Guide
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LilyPond development is a fairly complicated matter. In order to help
new contributors, and to keep the whole system (mostly) stable, we have
written a manual for development tasks.
• Contributor’s Guide (split HTML) (../contributor/index.html) − the
manual is split between many HTML pages.
_(small download for each page)_
• Contributor’s Guide (big HTML) (../contributor-big-page.html) −
read this manual as one huge HTML page.
_(large single download, 500 kB)_
• contributor.pdf (../contributor.pdf) − download as a PDF file.
_(large single download, 2.8 MB)_
Regression tests
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• Regression tests (../../input/regression/collated-files.html): This
release’s regtests. (pdf version
(../../input/regression/collated-files.pdf))
• MusicXML tests
(../../input/regression/musicxml/collated-files.html): This
release’s musicXML tests. (pdf version
(../../input/regression/musicxml/collated-files.pdf))
• abc2ly tests (../../input/regression/abc2ly/collated-files.html):
This release’s abc2ly tests. (pdf version
(../../input/regression/abc2ly/collated-files.pdf))
• lilypond-book tests
(../../input/regression/lilypond-book/collated-files.html): This
release’s lilypond-book tests. (pdf version
(../../input/regression/lilypond-book/collated-files.pdf))
All versions
............
• Comparisons between regression tests (http://lilypond.org/test)
• Archive of all regression tests
(http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/test-output/)
Manuals
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Note: These manuals are for LilyPond 2.18.2; the latest
manuals can be found at <http://lilypond.org>
Introduction
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Learning (split Learning (big HTML) learning.pdf
HTML) (../learning-big-page.html)(../learning.pdf)
(../learning/index.html)
Glossary (split Glossary (big HTML) music-glossary.pdf
HTML) (../music-glossary-big-page.html)(../music-glossary.pdf)
(../music-glossary/index.html)
Essay (split HTML) Essay (big HTML) essay.pdf
(../essay/index.html) (../essay-big-page.html)(../essay.pdf)
Regular
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Notation (split Notation (big HTML) notation.pdf
HTML) (../notation-big-page.html)(../notation.pdf)
(../notation/index.html)
Usage (split HTML) Usage (big HTML) usage.pdf
(../usage/index.html) (../usage-big-page.html)(../usage.pdf)
Snippets (split Snippets (big HTML) snippets.pdf
HTML) (../snippets-big-page.html)(../snippets.pdf)
(../snippets/index.html)
Infrequent
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Web (split HTML) Web (big HTML) web.pdf (../web.pdf)
(../web/index.html) (../web-big-page.html)
Changes (split HTML) Changes (big HTML) changes.pdf
(../changes/index.html)(../changes-big-page.html)(../changes.pdf)
Extending (split Extending (big HTML) extending.pdf
HTML) (../extending-big-page.html)(../extending.pdf)
(../extending/index.html)
Internals (split Internals (big HTML) internals.pdf
HTML) (../internals-big-page.html)(../internals.pdf)
(../internals/index.html)