README

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      MuseScore Score Typesetter
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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

Licence:
      MuseScore is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
      Please read the file LICENSE in this directory for more
      details.

Requirements:
      - qt4 gui lib version >= qt4.8.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 >= 2.8.6
      - libsndfile >= 1.0.19

      - portaudio 19, required for windows version

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

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

      - install as root user
            sudo make install

User Documentation:
      Look at the handbook section at http://www.musescore.org

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
      is shown. You probably want to change that in the
      "preferences" dialog.

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      Contact
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      Werner Schweer; ws at wschweer.de
      http://www.musescore.org/