Alex: I took out the \notes and got the pdf output thank you Someone should change the
2.2 Running LilyPond In the last section we explained what kind of things you could enter in a LilyPond file. In this section we will explain what commands to run and how to view or print the output. If you have not used LilyPond before, want to test your setup, or want to run an example file yourself, read this section. The instructions that follow are for Unix-like systems. Some additional instructions for Microsoft Windows are given at the end of this section. Begin by opening a terminal window and starting a text editor. For example, you could open an xterm and execute joe1. In your text editor, enter the following input and save the file as test.ly \score { \notes { c'4 e' g' } } http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.2/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Running-LilyPond.html#Running%20LilyPond On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 14:21, Alexandre Beneteau wrote: > Jack Mason wrote: > > I am running Linux, Fedora Core 2, Lilypond 2.3 > > > > What do you mean run convert-ly on test.ly > > > > When I run convert-ly I get: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] jackmason]# convert-ly > > /usr/bin/convert-ly (GNU LilyPond) 2.3.19 > > > > When I try this, I get: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] jackmason]# convert-ly test.ly > > /usr/bin/convert-ly (GNU LilyPond) 2.3.19 > > Processing `test.ly' ... > > /usr/bin/convert-ly: can't determine version for `test.ly' > > /usr/bin/convert-ly: skipping: `test.ly' > > > > Thanks for your help > > Try convert-ly --help !!! And RTFM... > > convert-ly needs to know for what version of lilypond your file has been write > for in order to convert it. > You can either put a \version "x.x.x" statement in your lilypond file or use the > --from=version convert-ly's switch. > > By the way, \notes statements are not used anymore in 2.3.19. > > > > > On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 14:35, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> > >>>On 29-Sep-04, at 9:25 PM, Jack Mason wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>test.ly:2:20: error: unknown escaped string: `\notes': > >>>> \score { \notes > >>>> { c4-( c4-) } } > >>> > >>>You're trying to build a test file made for 2.2 using LilyPond 2.3. > >>>Please > >>>run the convert-ly script on test.ly. What OS are you using? > >> > >>Since the original poster has > >> > >> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) > >> > >>I reckon it's Linux. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user