Re: Newbie problems

[Urs Liska]

Federico Bruni <address@hidden> schrieb:

>2013/4/14 Peter Toye <address@hidden>
>
>>  Just starting to try out Lilypond, and finding a few problems in
>getting
>> to work at all.
>>
>> The OS is Windows 7, if that makes any difference.
>>
>>
>which version of lilypond?
>
>
>> 1) Double-clicking on a .ly file gets into Wordpad, and doesn't
>compile
>> the file. To compile it I have to drag-and-drop the file onto the
>Lilypond
>> icon on the desktop. This doesn't seem to conform to the
>documentation.
>>
>>
>I think that you have to associate the .ly extension with Lilypad.
>BTW, I recommend using Frescobaldi instead of Lilypad:
>http://frescobaldi.org/download
>
>
>> 2) Once it's compiled there's no output, just a log file without
>errors
>> (see below).
>>
>> # -*-compilation-*-
>> Processing `D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Warlock1.ly'
>> Parsing...
>> Interpreting music...[8]
>> Preprocessing graphical objects...
>> Finding the ideal number of pages...
>> Fitting music on 1 page...
>> Drawing systems...
>>
>>
>
>can you see a pdf file here?
>D:/Peter/Music/Lilypond/Warlock1.pdf
>
If "Drawing systems" really is the end of the output there's something wrong.

Could you post your file?
Urs
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