Re: opening Lilypond

[Valentin Villenave]

LilyPond is not a program like the ones you are used to: you do not
have to use your mouse to create a score, but *only* your keyboard!
There are no buttons to click on, no menus, nothing.

First create a text file with some special code in it;
then LilyPond will read it and convert it into a beautiful score.

You just have to save your file with the ".ly" extension, and then
just double click on it.
Then you will see that a PDF file appears next to it.

For example, just write:

{ a b c d }

in a file with your notepad. Save your file on your Desktop, as
"my_first_score.ly". Then Double-click on it. That's it.

If you need some additional help, please, please first read the
tutorial -- as Graham told you.

Then we'll be ready to help you.

(If you really want to learn how to use LilyPond, you might need a
more convenient editor than the notepad; for example, try jEdit (
www.jedit.org -- download the "development version"), with its special
LilyPondTool plugin that is very handy (you have to download it in the
"plugin manager").

Cheers,
Valentin


2008/1/11, address@hidden <address@hidden>:
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> Help!  I have apparently successfully downloaded Lilypond to my Windows XP
> PC, but whenever I double click on the desktop icon all I get is the silly
> "Let's take it for a test drive" window.  I'd really like to use your
> program; and feel silly asking How do I turn the darn thing on?
> I've tried rebooting the computer; didn't help.
>
> -Fencinflyer.
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