Robert Ley <robert...@gmail.com> writes: > Thanks. > I had found most of that. > What I had meant is more along the lines of what Tim McNamara said: > > > IMHO here is where we run into the issue of what LilyPond *is.* > It's a backend with no face, basically. This is something that > most Windows and Mac users will find hard to grasp initially, > whereas Unix users will be familiar with such things. To the > extent that we want to reach out to Windows and Mac users, we need > to provide them with some way to understand and be comfortable > with that- otherwise they will install it, double-click and say > "where's the f*****g application?" > > > Because this is what I did and the 'application' didn't work for my > particular configuration. So I wondered if there was some other way to > get LilyPond to do its compiling. I went to the command line pages and > looked at those. > > Also, please remember that some of us, me included, have little experience > writing command lines, so when you put, as part of the first information on > command line use: > > > Create a directory to store these scripts, > > mkdir -p ~/bin > cd ~/bin > > Create a file called lilypond which contains > > exec DIR/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond "$@" > > Note: DIR will generally be /Applications/ > > Create similar files lilypond-book, convert-ly, and any other scripts you > wish to use, by replacing the bin/lilypond with bin/convert-ly (or other > program name). > Make the file executable, > > chmod u+x lilypond > > > I have not a clue what you're talking about. Remember I'm on a Mac, so > 'create a directory' doesn't mean anything to me. Nor does 'create a > file'. I have to create a file within an application, and since > LilyPond didn't work in the GUI for me, I had no way to do that. > > To answer the last question of yours, no, the information wasn't hard > to find. You've done a great job of making it easier to find. You > just said you wanted your mother to be able to find and use it, or at > least be able to decide that she did or didn't want to use it.
Looks like the proper starting point would be an instructional video then. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
