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<li><a name="toc_Top" href="index.html#Top">GNU LilyPond — program usage</a>
<li><a name="toc_Install" href="Install.html#Install">1 Install</a>
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<li><a href="Precompiled-binaries.html#Precompiled-binaries">1.1 Precompiled binaries</a>
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<li><a href="Precompiled-binaries.html#Precompiled-binaries">Downloading</a>
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<li><a href="Compiling-from-source.html#Compiling-from-source">1.2 Compiling from source</a>
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<li><a href="Downloading-source-code.html#Downloading-source-code">1.2.1 Downloading source code</a>
<li><a href="Requirements.html#Requirements">1.2.2 Requirements</a>
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<li><a href="Requirements.html#Requirements">Compilation</a>
<li><a href="Requirements.html#Requirements">Running requirements</a>
<li><a href="Requirements.html#Requirements">Requirements for building documentation</a>
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<li><a href="Building-LilyPond.html#Building-LilyPond">1.2.3 Building LilyPond</a>
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<li><a href="Building-LilyPond.html#Building-LilyPond">Compiling</a>
<li><a href="Building-LilyPond.html#Building-LilyPond">Compiling for multiple platforms</a>
<li><a href="Building-LilyPond.html#Building-LilyPond">Compiling outside the source tree</a>
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<li><a href="Building-documentation-without-compiling-LilyPond.html#Building-documentation-without-compiling-LilyPond">Building documentation without compiling LilyPond</a>
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<li><a href="Testing-LilyPond.html#Testing-LilyPond">1.2.5 Testing LilyPond</a>
<li><a href="Problems.html#Problems">1.2.6 Problems</a>
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<li><a href="Problems.html#Problems">Bison 1.875</a>
<li><a href="Problems.html#Problems">Solaris</a>
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<li><a href="LilyKDE.html#LilyKDE">2.2.6 LilyKDE</a>
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<li><a href="Problems-with-convert_002dly.html#Problems-with-convert_002dly">3.4.2 Problems with <code>convert-ly</code></a>
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<li><a href="Reporting-bugs.html#Reporting-bugs">3.5 Reporting bugs</a>
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<li><a name="toc_LilyPond_002dbook" href="LilyPond_002dbook.html#LilyPond_002dbook">4 <samp><span class="command">lilypond-book</span></samp>: Integrating text and music</a>
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<li><a href="An-example-of-a-musicological-document.html#An-example-of-a-musicological-document">4.1 An example of a musicological document</a>
<li><a href="Integrating-music-and-text.html#Integrating-music-and-text">4.2 Integrating music and text</a>
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<li><a href="LaTeX.html#LaTeX">4.2.1 LaTeX</a>
<li><a href="Texinfo.html#Texinfo">4.2.2 Texinfo</a>
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<li><a href="Invoking-lilypond_002dbook.html#Invoking-lilypond_002dbook">4.4 Invoking <samp><span class="command">lilypond-book</span></samp></a>
<li><a href="Filename-extensions.html#Filename-extensions">4.5 Filename extensions</a>
<li><a href="Alternate-methods-of-mixing-text-and-music.html#Alternate-methods-of-mixing-text-and-music">4.6 Alternative methods of mixing text and music</a>
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<li><a href="Inserting-LilyPond-output-into-OpenOffice_002eorg.html#Inserting-LilyPond-output-into-OpenOffice_002eorg">Inserting LilyPond output into OpenOffice.org</a>
<li><a href="Inserting-LilyPond-output-into-other-programs.html#Inserting-LilyPond-output-into-other-programs">Inserting LilyPond output into other programs</a>
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<li><a href="Invoking-midi2ly.html#Invoking-midi2ly">5.1 Invoking <samp><span class="command">midi2ly</span></samp></a>
<li><a href="Invoking-musicxml2ly.html#Invoking-musicxml2ly">5.2 Invoking <code>musicxml2ly</code></a>
<li><a href="Invoking-abc2ly.html#Invoking-abc2ly">5.3 Invoking <code>abc2ly</code></a>
<li><a href="Invoking-etf2ly.html#Invoking-etf2ly">5.4 Invoking <samp><span class="command">etf2ly</span></samp></a>
<li><a href="Generating-LilyPond-files.html#Generating-LilyPond-files">5.5 Generating LilyPond files</a>
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<li><a name="toc_GNU-Free-Documentation-License" href="GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License</a>
<li><a name="toc_LilyPond-index" href="LilyPond-index.html#LilyPond-index">Appendix B LilyPond index</a>
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