Re: beginner problem

[Siena]

SoundsFromSound <soundsfromsound <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Siena wrote
> > Hi all - I just downloaded LilyPond, ran the test which worked fine, and
> > now
> > I'm trying to follow the tutorial, and ran into a problem right off at the
> > command line section.  When I open LilyPond, a command prompt box opens,
> > which is I assume where I'm supposed to type the command "lilypond
> > test.ly"
> > to compile.
> > 
> > Here's the problem: I can't type in the command prompt box.  No matter
> > what
> > I do, nothing shows up when I type.  Am I making a really dumb mistake, or
> > has something gone wrong with installation?  I'm on Windows 7, if that
> > helps, and searching the archives of this list makes me think I should
> > maybe
> > have something called cygwin installed, and I don't seem to, so maybe
> > that's
> > the problem, but those messages were also from a long time ago.
> > 
> > Any ideas would be very appreciated...
> > 
> > Siena
> > 
> > 
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> Hi Siena,
> 
> Welcome to the LilyPond community!
> 
> Hmm...sorry you're having a problem with Windows 7 and LP. 
> 
> You don't "need" to type into that CMD window at all, you can use LilyPad
> (the window/example file that loads on startup). Do you see that? 
> 
> You can open a non-LilyPond Windows7 CMD [start menu --> cmd] window and use
> LilyPond commands there if you'd like; did you add or change anything in
> Environment Variables yet?
> 
> We'll make sure you get up and running soon, stick with it! :)
> 
> Ben
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Thanks so much for the quick reply!  I did figure out that it works just
fine if I drag the file onto the LilyPad icon, so maybe it doesn't matter. 
I was just trying to follow the directions in the tutorial, which said to
compile by typing at the command prompt (here's the instructions:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/learning/command_002dline)

But maybe I can just skip that step, as long as it won't matter later on.

I tried fooling around with the Windows command prompt, which I can type in
just fine, but I don't know enough about DOS commands to get it to work.  I
haven't heard of Environment Variables, so hopefully I haven't changed
anything about them yet!

Thanks,
Siena