Editing Help:Contributing

You can edit without an account, but this is encouraged if you do more than a handful of edits so that other editors can recognize you and discuss with you in case of need.

To create a new page, type the title in the search box, then click on the red link. A simple page can be structured as follows:

<pre><nowiki>
Some explanatory text.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
{ c'^"a note!" }
</lilypond>
</nowiki></pre>

This renders like this:

:: Some explanatory text.
::
:: <lilypond version="2.24.0">
{ c'^"a note!" }
</lilypond>


First, describe what the snippet does and how to use it. Use [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting wikitext markup] like <code><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></code> for ''italic'', <code><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></code> for '''bold''' and <code><nowiki><code>\command</code></nowiki></code> for <code>\command</code>.

The LilyPond snippet goes between <code><nowiki><lilypond version="..."></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki></lilypond></nowiki></code>. The <code>version</code> parameter is the LilyPond version used to compile the snippet. A <code>\version</code> statement with this version will also be added automatically, so don't repeat it in the snippet code. You can use any LilyPond version (it will be automatically downloaded if needed), but you should generally use the latest stable LilyPond version, unless your snippet specifically requires a newer development version.

If you need to demonstrate page layout features, use the <code>full</code> keyword to prevent cropping, like this: <code><nowiki><lilypond version="..." full></nowiki></code>.