On Oct 6, 2009, at 1:17 AM, David Bobroff wrote:
Ami Magori Cohen wrote:
Hi,
Thank you very much for this software,and for your help.
After having read about this wonderful software,I have downloaded
it and tried to get started,but i'm stuck!When I open the
software,I see a blank page with the title 'Lily Pad'-typing the
basic commands didn't produced any notation
[though the test went fine .for houers I read the tutorials
etc..but I can't find where did I go wrong.I dont see any of the
screensots that i'm supposed to see[as in the 'Crash Course'].
When things will be clear to me ,I think I will be one of the
enthusistic members of Lily Pond[think that this will be the first
step of moving to Linux].
Up til now i'm a windows user,I use a registerd Finale's Print
Music.The fact that I can work only on one licenced computer
[especially when it's not working right],besides of Finale's lacks-
drives me mad!
Details;I use a R61 Lenovo,Windows xp pro,IE8[browser],I
downloaded Lily Pond 2.10.33-1 for Windows.Thanks,thanks and
thanks!!!
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "open the software." I'm
going to conclude that you missed a detail about how LilyPond
works. It does *not* have an interactive interface like Finale/
Sibelius. To use LilyPond you must create/edit a text file which
contains the definitions of your music. Then LilyPond processes
that file and produces a PDF of your music. You view that PDF and
then make additional entries to your input (text) file.
Presumably she means "launching LilyPond" when she says "opening the
software."
LilyPond 2.12.x for Mac has a simple text editor that opens when the
application is launched, which can be used for creating a .ly file.
Indeed, wen one double-clicks the application to launch it, the text
editor opens with a sample file. I don't know if this is the case
for the Windows version of the software.
Have you read the tutorial or crash course? Those are good places
to start.
Ami noted that she has read the tutorials. Is there a Windows-
specific tutorial which she should read? Here is the "crash course"
which David mentions:
http://lilypond.org/web/help/
And the Learning Manual:
http://lilypond.org/web/help/
Note that these manuals are for a more recent version- 2.12.2-1.
Ami, I would recommend that your download and install a more recent
version of LilyPond. 2.10 is obsolete. Try:
http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/mingw/
lilypond-2.12.2-1.mingw.exe
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