Re: question regarding midi2ly

[Cameron Horsburgh]

Graham Percival wrote:
> 
> On 11-Feb-06, at 10:57 AM, Alan wrote:
> 
>> There is probably an answer somewhere in the documentation; at the
>> moment,
>> I cannot find it.  I do not know how to use midi2ly.  The command line
>> specified
>> in the documentation does not work when I type it into the ly file and
>> compile.
> 
> 
> You do not type the command line into the ly file, you type it on the
> command line.  Have you used terminal?  If not, try reading this:
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/terminal_one.html
> 
> Note: I don't really know if this is a good introduction; I just spend
> two minutes googling for relevant terms, and this looked like the best one.
> 
>> I am new to this code-based stuff: Could you please provide me with a
>> step by
>> step walkthrough on how I should go about doing the conversion?  I am
>> using
>> Tiger OS X and have LilyPond 2.6.5-1 installed.
> 
> 
> Once you are more familiar with the command line, try looking at the
> lilypond docs again... if there's still a problem, post again.
> 
> - Graham
> 
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Just on this Graham, I wonder if it would be worthwhile adding info to
the docs about using terminals on various platforms. The GNU/Linux and
BSD crowds mightn't need such a thing, but Windows and Mac users might
certainly benefit.

Cameron