On Sunday 24 December 2006 19:39, Manuel wrote: > So, would the following be a clear way to put it? > > > Chapter One. > > > If you are using a Mac, open a new LilyPond window. > > If you are working with Linux open a new file in a plain txt editor > (e.g. kwrite music.ly; music.ly; emacs music ly).
The second "music" should have "vi " before it. > Then write this inside: > > > { c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c' ' } > > > With a Mac, save the file and then select "Typeset file" from the > "Compile" menu. You have to save the file in Linux as well. > In Linux, run "lilypond music.ly" at a shell prompt (not inside your > vi or emacs session). Although emacs is a (plain text) editor, it is > by no means a plain (text editor)! The comment about emacs was just a comment and wasn't meant to go into the guide. There may be a way to run lilypond from inside emacs, but not knowing emacs, I don't know how. > A small window will open, where you can follow the proceedings, and > then a ".pdf" document will appear, with this result: The TIFF file is black on transparent and showed as a black rectangle in Kmail. I had to edit it in the Gimp to read it. If it's readable in what you're writing, that's not a problem. Pierre _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user