On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 08:57:11AM -0500, Tim McNamara wrote:
>
> On Oct 6, 2009, at 1:17 AM, David Bobroff wrote:
>
>> Ami Magori Cohen wrote:
>>> 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
She either doesn't realize that she needs to compile stuff, or has
a typo somewhere (probably missing {}) and doesn't know where to
find the error log.
Compiling is in one of the menu bars, I think.
>> Have you read the tutorial or crash course? Those are good places to
>> start.
>
> Ami noted that she has read the tutorials.
First lesson of helping people is that they haven't read what they
thought they read. ;)
(in this case, I mean that she missed one or two vital details.
She doesn't realize that she missed them, of course, but we do)
> Is there a Windows-specific tutorial which she should read?
She *should* be able to read
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/learning/Windows
and follow the screenshots.
Of course, since nobody's contributed screenshots along with a
nice step-by-step description, she *can't* follow those steps.
Amusingly, the "command-line" tutorial has the most clear
instructions. :)
Cheers,
- Graham
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