The problem I had was not related to the script that I downloaded.The problem I had was very simple and not related to me creating anything. The page you refer to is about using Terminal to create music pages. I didn't get that far for the following reason:
The problem I had was that LilyPond would not compile, at all, the first page that opens in the program. Or a plain text file, saved as an .ly file, with the following on it: { a b c d e }. Would not work period.
It seemed to me that if the page the authors created would not compile [in fact there weren't even any menu items available] then it didn't make sense to try and make something else. So I didn't.
Here is the ONLY thing I see in the menu bar when I open the program.
<pastedGraphic.tiff>
Is that any clearer?
Please don't lose patience with me. I'm trying, OK?
Personally, I would attribute the lack of a functioning lilypond on your computer to your inexperience with the method you tried, and if that were the only method, I would certainly take tons of time to diagnose exactly how your system is configured, and how to solve you problems. However, there are at least three other methods avaiable, all of which are more likely easier and better able to suit your needs currently and in the future for progress with LilyPond, so before I spend the time trying to figure out how your computer is set up, and teach you enough to be able to use the Terminal well, I'd suggest using a method that people with far more experience with the Terminal actually use.
Again, I did not get that far. The program will not compile the first page that shows when the program is opened.
I have tried to include the mailing list by hitting "reply all" but they kept getting bounced back to me. I just went in and signed up for the mailing list, so that hopefully now they won't bounce back. I had been sending them to the gmane forum. I've changed that, I hope, by subscribing.
RDL