Re: First time running, cannot get to work. Request help

[Cameron Horsburgh]

On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 05:05:58PM -0500, Michael J Millett wrote:

> 
> Here is the test file I have used:
> 
> { c'4 e' g' }
> 
> Here is the response I get from Terminal:
> 
> lilypond test.ly
> lilypond (GNU LilyPond) 2.2.5
> Running lilypond-bin...
> Now processing `test.ly'
> Parsing...
> 
> /Users/michaelm/test.ly:1:1: error: parse error:
> {
>   c'4 e' g' }
> 
> /Users/michaelm/test.ly:1:9: warning: Braces don't match:
> { c'4 e'
>          g' }
> 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.
> 
> 
> Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Thank you for your help.
> 
> Michael

2.2.5 is quite ancient (can you upgrade?) and uses a slightly longer
syntax. Try this:

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

and see how you go!


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