> I just downloaded the > software and did all the right (I hope) stages, but the file does not open.
LilyPond is a batch system: it is run on a text-file containing the notes. See the howto http://lilypond.org/web/switch/howto.html In the tutorial 2.1.1 Compiling a file: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Compiling-a-file.html On Windows, start up a text-editor and enter ( with the braces ) { c' e' g' e' } Save it on the desktop as test.ly and make sure that it is not called test.ly.TXT. Double clicking test.ly will process the file and show the resulting PDF file.../... _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
