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!