On Sat, 2014-09-20 at 15:46 +0100, James wrote: > > lily-git.tcl" > > > > > > as there is no lily-git.tcl in the path at this stage. > > Putting $LILYPOND_GIT/scripts/auxillar in the path fixed this > > but then I got this error: > > > > lily-git.tcl > > Error in startup script: grab failed: window not viewable > > while executing > > "grab .b" > > (procedure "requestuserdata" line 3) > > invoked from within > > "requestuserdata" > > invoked from within > > "if {![regexp "name" $usercheck] || ![regexp "email" $usercheck]} > then { > > requestuserdata > > tkwait window .b > > }" > > (file "/home/rshann/lilypond-git/scripts/auxiliar/lily-git.tcl" > line > > 90) > > > > I'm not at all sure about that one... > > All I can say is that I didn't get that when I tested this with > Federico. > > When you run Lily-Git for the first time it should prompt for your > email > and user name (this then applies this to $LILYPOND_GIT/.gitconfig (I > think - but it's as if you were in $LILYPOND_GIT and run the git > commands > > git config --global user.name "John Smith" > git config --global user.email j...@example.com > > ) > > This assumes (I assume!) that you are running this in $LILYPOND_GIT.
Ah, that is the bit that is missing. After setting the PATH you need cd $LILYPOND_GIT && lily-git.tcl and you do indeed get the needed window popping up. I have now pushed on as far as editing the sources and trying to build lilypond for the first time - so far so good! Richard _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel