Re: lily pond

[James Lowe]

Tim,

The file you see to 'test the app' is the *.ly file you would then save 
and either drag and drop on the Lilypond.app or you would right click on 
the file you have saved and using the windows context menu 'open 
with...' choose Lilypond.

So to start your own file you would simply open notepad, edit your score 
 in the correct syntax, save as a *.ly (not *.txt or *.rtf) file.

Then the Lilypond application would process your *ly file and 
(hopefully) create your PDF.

There have been more detailed instructions written for Windows users in 
the 'Learning' Manual that is not yet in any stable release version of 
the compiled binaries.

They have only recently been updated (by myself actually) and contain 
screenshots as well to make it more understandable for those users 
expecting a GUI or not necessarily used to just using cli.

Even in the development release (2.13.11) precompiled binaries the 
changes to the documentation are not there. As they were added to a 
later iteration of the development version that is not available 
pre-compiled yet.

However I could send you the PDF via personal email if you so wish as I 
think the instructions will still apply here even if you have the 2.12. 
version. The way Lilypond creates and compiles input files hasn't changed.

Let me know.

James

Tim Cansfield wrote:
> Hi ....my question is that after I have installed lily pond ( xp pro 
)I don't
> seem to be able to get an application window up, all I get when I 
double click
> the icon is the instructions to test the app, which work and produce 
the correct
> pdf , and a command window ?....does this mean the application is wromgly
> installed or what.....any help would be appreciated
> Yours sincerely
> Tim Cansfield
>
>
>
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Tim Cansfield wrote:
> Hi ....my question is that after I have installed lily pond ( xp pro )I don't
> seem to be able to get an application window up, all I get when I double click
> the icon is the instructions to test the app, which work and produce the correct
> pdf , and a command window ?....does this mean the application is wromgly
> installed or what.....any help would be appreciated
> Yours sincerely
> Tim Cansfield
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> lilypond-user mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user