----- Original Message ----- From: "Candela" <candelapote...@gmail.com> To: bug-lilypond@gnu.org Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 3:26:01 AM Subject: can't open lilypond
Hi! I've just installed Lilypond, but it hasn't appeared in my menu, and when I try to open it from terminal, this shows up: GNU LilyPond 2.14.2 Usage: lilypond [OPTION]... FILE... Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE. LilyPond produces beautiful music notation. For more information, see http://lilypond.org Options: -d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL] set Scheme option SYM to VAL (default: #t). Use -dhelp for help. -e, --evaluate=EXPR evaluate scheme code -f, --formats=FORMATs dump FORMAT,... Also as separate options: --pdf generate PDF (default) --png generate PNG --ps generate PostScript -h, --help show this help and exit -H, --header=FIELD dump header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD -I, --include=DIR add DIR to search path -i, --init=FILE use FILE as init file -j, --jail=USER, GROUP, JAIL, DIR chroot to JAIL, become USER:GROUP and cd into DIR -o, --output=FILE write output to FILE (suffix will be added) --relocate relocate using directory of lilypond program -v, --version show version number and exit -V, --verbose be verbose -w, --warranty show warranty and copyright Report bugs via http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs What should I do? Thank you very much in advance! _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond The first thing I would suggest is to update your LilyPond to 2.16.2 as that is the latest stable version. The above output indicates that all is well with your current LilyPond installation. Be aware that LilyPond is *not* an interactive program like Finale/Sibelius. You prepare a text file for LilyPond to "digest" for outputting, ususally, a PDF. Start with this: http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/learning/index.html There are also GUI front ends available such as Frescobaldi which may be to your liking. http://frescobaldi.org/uguide.html -David _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
