Re: No Work!

[James Bailey]

Sorry, I can't help you. Amazing as it sounds, the instructions in the documentation http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-program/Setup-for-MacOS-X#Setup-for-MacOS-X actually worked for me, so I've never used any of the methods on the website, except to see how jEdit fared as an editor. This entire conversation, however, presumes that you've read and understand the basic LilyPond concepts outlined at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Compiling-a-file#Compiling-a-file, again, these instructions are explained elsewhere, and probably better, but it's what worked for me.

On 14.12.2009, at 17:53, Robert Ley wrote:

It's the script near the end of that page where it talks about using Terminal:

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No idea how to make the script run. Tried cut and paste but obviously I don't know enough about Terminal to make it work. I'll keep trying.

Problem is, I can't use the other editors or methods if I can't get LilyPond to compile the "Welcome to LilyPond" document in the first place. I was hoping the shell script mentioned would do the job.

Here's what I get when I open LilyPond:

There are NO commands in the menu. Zero. Lilypad shows up, the only item besides the apple in the menu bar. It's selectable [it turns blue] but there are no menu commands underneath it, such as 'compile' or 'save' or anything else for that matter. Nada. JUST 'lilypad'. There is nowhere to "2. Select Compile > Typeset file". Here's a shot of what I have:

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and here's the document I'm supposed to be able to save:

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Any other ideas?? Thanks for your help.

RDL