Greetings,
I actually got it installed and tested on my mac, but with two stumbling
blocks along the way... (related to the documentation / instructions)
(If this is not the correct email address for this, please forward to
the appropriate one, Thanks!)
1. It wasn't clear where to save the "test.ly" file. (when following
directions at: http://lilypond.org/web/download/getting-started.html)
After a few tries I found that it is the user directory, ie:
/hard-drive/users/username/
2. The following text in the test.ly file:
{
c4( c)
}
lead to the following error:
lilypond (GNU LilyPond) 2.2.5
Running lilypond-bin...
Now processing `test.ly'
Parsing...
/Users/paul/test.ly:1:1: error: parse error:
{
/Users/paul/test.ly:2:3: warning: Braces don't match:
c4(
c)
Failed files: test.ly
lilypond: error: LilyPond failed on input file test (exit status 1)
lilypond: warning: Running LilyPond failed. Rerun with --verbose for
a trace.
So I eventually found and tried this text:
% This file has ledger lines and a slur
\score { \notes { c4-( c4-) } }
from this page for Windows users:
http://lilypond.org/web/download/windows.html
and that worked...