Re: Very Beginner's Guide

[Manuel]

Trevor,

Thank you for your feedback. I have just posted a corrected version  
of the text, I hope it is now as it should be?

Indeed you are right, I am using Mac OS X and assumed - wrongly, I  
see - that opening a "LilyPond window" was the usual thing in all  
operating systems. Maybe the first sentence could be:

If you are using a Mac, open a new LilyPond window.
If working with Linux ...


Then write this inside:


{ c'  d'  e'  f'  g'  a'  b'  c' ' }


Now, if working on a Mac, save the file and then select "Typeset  
file" from the "Compile" Menu.

If on Linux ...


I have no knowledge whatsoever about Linux, so maybe Pierre, or you,  
or any Linux user could complete the text where I put the "..." as  
well as any other necessary instructions for " invoking a lp  
compilation".

What happens with Windows?


Manuel





Am 24/12/2006 um 19:21 schrieb Trevor Daniels:

> Manuel
>
> This looks pretty good.  Others have commented on the
> spelling.  My only comment is the first few sentences assume
> a particular OS and implementation which a beginner using MS
> XP and the standard Lilypond binary would find very
> perplexing.  I'm not sure how to get round this, but perhaps
> a few words about text editors and ways of invoking a lp
> compilation would be useful.
>
> Trevor
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: address@hidden
> > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+t.daniels=treda.co.u
> > address@hidden Behalf Of
> > Manuel
> > Sent: 24 December 2006 13:02
> > To: Werner LEMBERG
> > Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden;
> > address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: Hiding empty staves
> >
> >
> > Hello Werner,
> >
> >
> > Am 23/12/2006 um 07:46 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
> >
> > > > I am a professional musician and an
> > experienced music teacher. I
> > > > would even be willing to write a first chapter
> > of a User's Guide for
> > > > the Very Beginner.
> > >
> > > Please go on!  Either send patches or, in case
> > you aren't satisfied
> > > with chapter 2, rewrite it.
> >
> >
> > Fine! I have now written the following, and am
> > posting it here for
> > general criticism.
> >
> > Manuel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > LilyPond's
> >
> > Beginners Guide
> >
> > for the
> >
> > Very Beginner
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Chapter One.
> >
> >
> > Open a new LilyPond window and write this inside:
> >
> >
> > { c'  d'  e'  f'  g'  a'  b'  c' ' }
> >
> >
> > Save the file and then select "Typeset file" from
> > the "Compile" menu.
> >
> > A small window will open, where you can follow
> > the proceedings, and
> > then a ".pdf" document will appear, with this result:
> >
> >
> > (insert graphic here)
> >
> >
> > It is a little C-major scale. Let us consider it:
> >
> > The so-called "curly braces"
> >
> > {
> >
> > and
> >
> > }
> [rest snipped]
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