Re: Lilypond won't float

[Jack Mason]

Alex: I took out the \notes and got the pdf output  thank you

Someone should change the 

2.2 Running LilyPond
In the last section we explained what kind of things you could enter in
a LilyPond file. In this section we will explain what commands to run
and how to view or print the output. If you have not used LilyPond
before, want to test your setup, or want to run an example file
yourself, read this section. The instructions that follow are for
Unix-like systems. Some additional instructions for Microsoft Windows
are given at the end of this section. 

Begin by opening a terminal window and starting a text editor. For
example, you could open an xterm and execute joe1. In your text editor,
enter the following input and save the file as test.ly

     \score {
       \notes { c'4 e' g' }
     }

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Running-LilyPond.html#Running%20LilyPond

On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 14:21, Alexandre Beneteau wrote:
> Jack Mason wrote:
> > I am running Linux, Fedora Core 2, Lilypond 2.3
> > 
> > What do you mean run convert-ly on test.ly
> > 
> > When I run convert-ly I get:
> > 
> > address@hidden jackmason]# convert-ly
> > /usr/bin/convert-ly (GNU LilyPond) 2.3.19
> > 
> > When I try this, I get:
> > 
> > address@hidden jackmason]# convert-ly test.ly
> > /usr/bin/convert-ly (GNU LilyPond) 2.3.19
> > Processing `test.ly' ...
> > /usr/bin/convert-ly: can't determine version for `test.ly'
> > /usr/bin/convert-ly: skipping: `test.ly'
> > 
> > Thanks for your help
> 
> Try convert-ly --help !!! And RTFM...
> 
> convert-ly needs to know for what version of lilypond your file has been 
> write 
> for in order to convert it.
> You can either put a \version "x.x.x" statement in your lilypond file or use 
> the 
> --from=version convert-ly's switch.
> 
> By the way, \notes statements are not used anymore in 2.3.19.
> 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 14:35, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> > 
> >>address@hidden writes:
> >>
> >>>On 29-Sep-04, at 9:25 PM, Jack Mason wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>test.ly:2:20: error: unknown escaped string: `\notes':
> >>>>     \score { \notes
> >>>>                     { c4-(  c4-) } }
> >>>
> >>>You're trying to build a test file made for 2.2 using LilyPond 2.3.  
> >>>Please
> >>>run the convert-ly script on test.ly.  What OS are you using?
> >>
> >>Since the original poster has
> >>
> >>  X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) 
> >>
> >>I reckon it's Linux.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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