<!-- header_tag --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/loose.dtd"> <html> <!-- Copyright C 1999-2008 by the authors Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". --> <!-- Created on January 20, 2009 by texi2html 1.79 texi2html was written by: Lionel Cons <Lionel.Cons@cern.ch> (original author) Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> Olaf Bachmann <obachman@mathematik.uni-kl.de> and many others. Maintained by: Many creative people. Send bugs and suggestions to <texi2html-bug@nongnu.org> --> <head> <title>GNU LilyPond Contributor's Guide: About This Document</title> <meta name="description" content="GNU LilyPond Contributor's Guide: About This Document"> <meta name="keywords" content="GNU LilyPond Contributor's Guide: About This Document"> <meta name="resource-type" content="document"> <meta name="distribution" content="global"> <meta name="Generator" content="texi2html 1.79"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <link href="index.html#index" rel="start" title="GNU LilyPond — Contributor's Guide"> <link href="index_toc.html#SEC_Contents" rel="contents" title="Table of Contents"> <link href="#SEC_About" rel="help" title="About This Document"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" title="Patrick McCarty's design" href="lilypond-mccarty.css"> <link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="lilypond.css" title="Andrew Hawryluk's design"> <link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="lilypond-blue.css" title="Kurt Kroon's blue design"> <!--[if lte IE 7]> <link href="lilypond-ie-fixes.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <![endif]--> </head> <body lang="en" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" alink="#FF0000"> <div id="main"> <a name="SEC_About"></a> <table class="nav_table"> <tr><td valign="middle" align="center" colspan="3">[<a href="index.html#index" title="Cover (top) of document" rel="start">Top</a>][<a href="index_toc.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][Index][<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)" rel="help"> ? </a>]</td></tr></table> <h1>About This Document</h1> <p> This document was generated by <em>Han-Wen Nienhuys</em> on <em>January 20, 2009</em> using <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/"><em>texi2html 1.79</em></a>. </p> <p> The buttons in the navigation panels have the following meaning: </p> <table border="1"> <tr> <th> Button </th> <th> Name </th> <th> Go to </th> <th> From 1.2.3 go to</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [] </td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [ << ] </td> <td align="center">FastBack</td> <td>Beginning of this chapter or previous chapter</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [] </td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [Top] </td> <td align="center">Top</td> <td>Cover (top) of document</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [Contents] </td> <td align="center">Contents</td> <td>Table of contents</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [Index] </td> <td align="center">Index</td> <td>Index</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [ ? ] </td> <td align="center">About</td> <td>About (help)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [] </td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [ >> ] </td> <td align="center">FastForward</td> <td>Next chapter</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [] </td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [] </td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [ < ] </td> <td align="center">Back</td> <td>Previous section in reading order</td> <td>1.2.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [] </td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [ Up ] </td> <td align="center">Up</td> <td>Up section</td> <td>1.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [] </td> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [ > ] </td> <td align="center">Forward</td> <td>Next section in reading order</td> <td>1.2.4</td> </tr> </table> <p> where the <strong> Example </strong> assumes that the current position is at <strong> Subsubsection One-Two-Three </strong> of a document of the following structure: </p> <ul> <li> 1. Section One <ul> <li>1.1 Subsection One-One <ul> <li>...</li> </ul> </li> <li>1.2 Subsection One-Two <ul> <li>1.2.1 Subsubsection One-Two-One</li> <li>1.2.2 Subsubsection One-Two-Two</li> <li>1.2.3 Subsubsection One-Two-Three <strong><== Current Position </strong></li> <li>1.2.4 Subsubsection One-Two-Four</li> </ul> </li> <li>1.3 Subsection One-Three <ul> <li>...</li> </ul> </li> <li>1.4 Subsection One-Four</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <hr size="1"> <table class="nav_table"> <tr><td valign="middle" align="center" colspan="3">[<a href="index.html#index" title="Cover (top) of document" rel="start">Top</a>][<a href="index_toc.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][Index][<a href="#SEC_About" title="About (help)" rel="help"> ? </a>]</td></tr></table> <!-- footer_tag --> <div class="footer"> <p class="footer_version"> This page is for LilyPond-2.12.2 (stable-branch). </p> <p class="footer_report"> Your <a href="http://lilypond.org/web/devel/participating/documentation-adding">suggestions for the documentation</a> are welcome, please report errors to our <a href="http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs">bug list</a>. </p> </div> <!-- FOOTER --> <!-- end div#main here --> </div> <div id="tocframe"> <p class="toc_uplink"><a href="../index.html" title="Documentation Index"><< Back to Documentation Index</a></p> <h4 class="toc_header"> <a href="index.html#index" title="Start of the manual">Contributor’s Guide</a></h4> <div class="contents"> <ul class="toc"> <li><a name="toc-Starting-with-git-1" href="Starting-with-git.html#Starting-with-git">1. Starting with git</a> <ul class="toc"> <li><a name="toc-Getting-the-source-code-1" href="Getting-the-source-code.html#Getting-the-source-code">1.1 Getting the source code</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Updating-the-source-code-1" href="Updating-the-source-code.html#Updating-the-source-code">1.2 Updating the source code</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Sharing-your-changes-1" href="Sharing-your-changes.html#Sharing-your-changes">1.3 Sharing your changes</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Other-interesting-Git-commands-1" href="Other-interesting-Git-commands.html#Other-interesting-Git-commands">1.4 Other interesting Git commands</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Git-on-Windows-1" href="Git-on-Windows.html#Git-on-Windows">1.5 Git on Windows</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a name="toc-Compiling-1" href="Compiling.html#Compiling">2. Compiling</a> <ul class="toc"> <li><a name="toc-move-AU-1-here-1" href="move-AU-1-here.html#move-AU-1-here">2.1 move AU 1 here</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a name="toc-Documentation-work-1" href="Documentation-work.html#Documentation-work">3. Documentation work</a> <ul class="toc"> <li><a name="toc-Introduction-to-documentation-work-1" href="Introduction-to-documentation-work.html#Introduction-to-documentation-work">3.1 Introduction to documentation work</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Texinfo-crash-course-1" href="Texinfo-crash-course.html#Texinfo-crash-course">3.2 Texinfo crash course</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Documentation-policy-1" href="Documentation-policy.html#Documentation-policy">3.3 Documentation policy</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Tips-for-writing-docs-1" href="Tips-for-writing-docs.html#Tips-for-writing-docs">3.4 Tips for writing docs</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Updating-doc-with-convert_002dly" href="Updating-docs-with-convert_002dly.html#Updating-docs-with-convert_002dly">3.5 Updating doc with convert-ly</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Translating-the-documentation-1" href="Translating-the-documentation.html#Translating-the-documentation">3.6 Translating the documentation</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a name="toc-Website-work-1" href="Website-work.html#Website-work">4. Website work</a> <ul class="toc"> <li><a name="toc-Introduction-to-website-work-1" href="Introduction-to-website-work.html#Introduction-to-website-work">4.1 Introduction to website work</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Translating-the-website-1" href="Translating-the-website.html#Translating-the-website">4.2 Translating the website</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a name="toc-LSR-work-1" href="LSR-work.html#LSR-work">5. LSR work</a> <ul class="toc"> <li><a name="toc-Introduction-to-LSR-1" href="Introduction-to-LSR.html#Introduction-to-LSR">5.1 Introduction to LSR</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Adding-snippets-1" href="Adding-snippets.html#Adding-snippets">5.2 Adding snippets</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Approving-snippets-1" href="Approving-snippets.html#Approving-snippets">5.3 Approving snippets</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-LSR-to-git-1" href="LSR-to-git.html#LSR-to-git">5.4 LSR to git</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a name="toc-Issues-1" href="Issues.html#Issues">6. Issues</a> <ul class="toc"> <li><a name="toc-Introduction-to-issues-1" href="Introduction-to-issues.html#Introduction-to-issues">6.1 Introduction to issues</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Issue-classification-1" href="Issue-classification.html#Issue-classification">6.2 Issue classification</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Adding-issues-to-the-tracker-1" href="Adding-issues-to-the-tracker.html#Adding-issues-to-the-tracker">6.3 Adding issues to the tracker</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a name="toc-Programming-work-1" href="Programming-work.html#Programming-work">7. Programming work</a> <ul class="toc"> <li><a name="toc-Introduction-to-programming-1" href="Introduction-to-programming.html#Introduction-to-programming">7.1 Introduction to programming</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Programming-without-compiling-1" href="Programming-without-compiling.html#Programming-without-compiling">7.2 Programming without compiling</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Finding-functions-1" href="Finding-functions.html#Finding-functions">7.3 Finding functions</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Code-style-1" href="Code-style.html#Code-style">7.4 Code style</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Debugging-LilyPond-1" href="Debugging-LilyPond.html#Debugging-LilyPond">7.5 Debugging LilyPond</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a name="toc-Release-work-1" href="Release-work.html#Release-work">8. Release work</a> <ul class="toc"> <li><a name="toc-Development-phases-1" href="Development-phases.html#Development-phases">8.1 Development phases</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Minor-release-checklist-1" href="Minor-release-checklist.html#Minor-release-checklist">8.2 Minor release checklist</a> </li> <li><a name="toc-Major-release-checklist-1" href="Major-release-checklist.html#Major-release-checklist">8.3 Major release checklist</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </body> </html>