Steven, or Andy (you seem to be using Steven's email) (Copying Lilypond-user list ... hopefully this might help some other newbies as well)
1) Please ... a) Make sure the list is included, as the information just might be useful for others; b) Ensure you use a subject line in your emails; c) Give a bit of information about your envinronment ... your questions are too short, and I need to make a lot of assumptions. Due to these assumptions, I may inadvertently seem to insult you or your skills. 2) You imply that you have installed the program - although you never do say that, nor do you let anyone know what kind of computer or operating systems you are using. I will assume that you are using WIndows. I also assume you clicked on the "Install Lily Now" link on the WIndows Binaries page. Is this correct? 3) It's not a DOS application. It's a Linux application, and uses the Cygwin 'operating system'. As compared to many Windows applications, you MUST do some readong, otherwise you could easily get lost. Do you understand Unix or Linux in any way? Your answer will greatly affect how the friendly people on this list can respond. If you do not understand Unix or Linux, I strongly encourage you to go to the Cygwin site at http://www.cygwin.com/ to get familiar with the basic concepts of the environment. Specifically, go to the menu on the left side and click on the "User's Guide" link. and start reading at least Chapter 1 - until the section on 'Expectations for UNIX programmers'. 4) Assuming you installed the Cygwin application, did you read past the "Install Lily Now" paragraph on the page? You do not let anyone know whether you have done the basic tests or installed any of the supporting stuff. There are other things to do, and possibly to install as described on that page.. There is also a section on testing Lilypond to make sure you've installed correctly. 5) Do you realize that the basic flow for running lilypond is: a) Get into 'unix' (what you call 'DOS') and move to the directory that you want to work in. This is called a 'shell'. Use the 'cd' command to 'c'hange 'd'irectory. b) Create / edit a file that contains the 'note description' you want (use Notepad if you want, but store the file as ".ly" instead of ".txt"). Use the Tutorial to get an idea of what the .ly file contents will look like. (Do NOT use Microsoft Word or Wordperfect or similar - they leave all sorts of charaters in the file.) c) Start Lilypond entering "ly2dvi -P xyz.ly" in the shell. Replace xyz with the name of your file. Or you could use some tricks like "ly2dvi -P xyz.ly > lily.log 2>&1" to record all messages and errors to the file lily.log. d) If any error messages - look at the eror messages (either on the screen or in the log file) and fix the .ly file ... you will likely need to look through the manual at http://www.lilypond.org (use the "Manual" link, menu left side). Once you've fixed some or all errors, return to c) above and rerun lilypond. 6) Finally, look at the resulting xyz.ps file using a PostScript viewer such as GhostView - hopefully you installed that as directed on the install page. /Hans Steven Thompson wrote: > HANS Where do i go from the Dos application i thought it was a > procgram for writing music yet i get an application that looks similar > to a Dos > application > From Andy _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
