If you don't mind trying I'd suggest the 2.13 version - I know it is unstable but I had the same problems as this fellow here. You click on the menus and they turn blue but not much else.
However i KNOW the 2.13 works because it was me that did the screenshots for the 2.13 mac os section in the learning guide. Try that...see if that at least gets you going. James -----Original Message----- From: lilypond-user-bounces+james.lowe=datacore....@gnu.org on behalf of James Bailey Sent: Mon 14/12/2009 20:16 To: Robert Ley Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: No Work! Sorry, I can't help you. Amazing as it sounds, the instructions in the documentation http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/ lilypond-program/Setup-for-MacOS-X#Setup-for-MacOS-X actually worked for me, so I've never used any of the methods on the website, except to see how jEdit fared as an editor. This entire conversation, however, presumes that you've read and understand the basic LilyPond concepts outlined at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/ lilypond-learning/Compiling-a-file#Compiling-a-file, again, these instructions are explained elsewhere, and probably better, but it's what worked for me. On 14.12.2009, at 17:53, Robert Ley wrote: > It's the script near the end of that page where it talks about > using Terminal: > > <pastedGraphic.tiff> > > No idea how to make the script run. Tried cut and paste but > obviously I don't know enough about Terminal to make it work. I'll > keep trying. > Problem is, I can't use the other editors or methods if I can't get > LilyPond to compile the "Welcome to LilyPond" document in the first > place. I was hoping the shell script mentioned would do the job. > Here's what I get when I open LilyPond: > There are NO commands in the menu. Zero. Lilypad shows up, the only > item besides the apple in the menu bar. It's selectable [it turns > blue] but there are no menu commands underneath it, such as > 'compile' or 'save' or anything else for that matter. Nada. JUST > 'lilypad'. There is nowhere to "2. Select Compile > Typeset file". > Here's a shot of what I have: > > > <pastedGraphic.tiff> >> >> >> >> and here's the document I'm supposed to be able to save: >> >> <pastedGraphic.tiff> > > > Any other ideas?? Thanks for your help. > RDL _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
