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      MuseScore Score Typesetter
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This is a developer version of the Linux MusE Score Typesetter
"MuseScore".

MuseScore is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Please check out the file COPYING in this directory for more
details.

Features:
      - WYSIWYG design, notes are entered on a "virtual notepaper"
      - TrueType font(s) for printing & display allows for high quality
        scaling to all sizes
      - easy & fast note entry
      - many editing functions
      - MusicXML import/export
      - Midi (SMF) import/export
      - MuseData import
      - Midi input for note entry
      - integrated sequencer and software synthesizer to
        play the score
      - print or create pdf files

Requirements:
      - qt4 gui lib version qt4.3.x

        Note that many linux distributions split packages into a user
        and developer package and that you need to install both.

      - ALSA Version 1.0 or newer (audio/midi input/output)

      - CMake 2.4.6

      - recommended: JACK audio server (audio output)

Credits:
      MuseScore uses the "Emmentaler" font from the lilypond project.

Installation:
      - unpack source distribution
            tar xvofj mscore-x.x.x.tar.bz2

      - make
            cd mscore-x.x.x
            make release
            make

      if something goes wrong, then remove the whole build subdirectory
      with "make clean" and start new with "make"

      - install as root user
            sudo make install

User Documentation:
      Currently there is no complete documentation.
      Some fragments are in the "mscore/doc/de" (german) directory.

      Requirements:
            - TeX with ConTeXt macro package
              (as part of tetex 3.0 distribution)

      Type
            cd build
            make doc

      to generate man-de.pdf in build/doc/de.

Program Documentation:

      Type
            cd build
            make doxy

      to generate the program documentation with DoxyGen.

      Browse the documentation with your favourite html browser
      at:
            build/Doc/html/index.html


Test:
      Type
            cd build/mscore
            mscore

      to start mscore. On first invocation a demofile
      (Modeste Moussorgsky: Pictures of an exhibition: Promenade)
      is shown. You probably want to change that in the
      "preferences" dialog.

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      Status
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      MuseScore is in early beta state. That means you should not use
      it for any mission critical work. It is incomplete and surely has
      a lot of bugs. Also the save format (*.msc files) will most likely
      change in future versions.

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      Help needed
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      We need your help!

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      Contact
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      Werner Schweer; ws@seh.de
      http://mscore.sourceforge.net/

