This is the README for Common Music (CM). Common Music is released
under the GNU Software License.  See  the file doc/gpl.text for the
terms of this agreement. 

The project home for Common Music is at:
  http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/commonmusic

Documentation for the system is located in the doc/ directory: 
  - Installation instructions are in doc/install.html
  - The Common Music dictionary is in doc/dict/index.html. 
  - The home page is in doc/cm.html

The system has been tested in the following OS/Lisp configurations:



                      | core | .sco | .mid | .cmn | .clm | .aiff | midishare 
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Linux:             |      |      |      |      |      |       |           
   ACL 5.0 (beta)     | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    | x     |           
   Clisp 2.31         | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    | x     |           
   CMUCL 18e          | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    | x     | x         
   Guile 1.6.0        | x    | x    | x    |      |      |       |           
   OS X:              |      |      |      |      |      |       |           
   ACL 6.2trial       | x    | x    | x    |      |      |       |           
   Clisp 2.31         | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    | x     |           
   Guile 1.6.0        | x    | x    | x    |      |      |       |           
   MCL 5.0            | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    |       |           
   OpenMCL 0.13, 0.14 | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    | x     | x         
   FreeBSD:           |      |      |      |      |      |       |           
   Clisp 2.31         | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    |       |           
   CMUCL 18e          | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    |       |           
   Guile 1.6.4        | x    | x    | x    |      |      |       |           
   Windows 2000:      |      |      |      |      |      |       |           
   ACL 501            | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    |       |           
   Clisp 2.31         | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    |       |           
   Windows/Cygwin:    |      |      |      |      |      |       |           
   Clisp 2.31         | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    |       |           
   Guile 1.6.0        | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    |       |           
   MacOS (9.2)        |      |      |      |      |      |       |           
   MCL 4.2, 4.3       | x    | x    | x    | x    | x    | x     | x         

The example file etc/examples/intro.cm is a fine place to start.

Please feel free to contact me with bug reports and suggestions.
There is a mailing list assocated with the CCRMA suite of Lisp
programs (CLM, CMN, CM and Snd). To join the list send your request to
[email protected]

  Rick Taube
  Associate Professor Composition/Theory
  School of Music
  University of Illinois
  Urbana IL 61821
  Net: [email protected]
  Vox: (217) 244-2684
  Fax: (217) 244-8319