SoundsFromSound <soundsfromsound <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Siena wrote > > Hi all - I just downloaded LilyPond, ran the test which worked fine, and > > now > > I'm trying to follow the tutorial, and ran into a problem right off at the > > command line section. When I open LilyPond, a command prompt box opens, > > which is I assume where I'm supposed to type the command "lilypond > > test.ly" > > to compile. > > > > Here's the problem: I can't type in the command prompt box. No matter > > what > > I do, nothing shows up when I type. Am I making a really dumb mistake, or > > has something gone wrong with installation? I'm on Windows 7, if that > > helps, and searching the archives of this list makes me think I should > > maybe > > have something called cygwin installed, and I don't seem to, so maybe > > that's > > the problem, but those messages were also from a long time ago. > > > > Any ideas would be very appreciated... > > > > Siena > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lilypond-user mailing list > > > lilypond-user <at> > > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > Hi Siena, > > Welcome to the LilyPond community! > > Hmm...sorry you're having a problem with Windows 7 and LP. > > You don't "need" to type into that CMD window at all, you can use LilyPad > (the window/example file that loads on startup). Do you see that? > > You can open a non-LilyPond Windows7 CMD [start menu --> cmd] window and use > LilyPond commands there if you'd like; did you add or change anything in > Environment Variables yet? > > We'll make sure you get up and running soon, stick with it! :) > > Ben > > ----- > composer | sound designer > LilyPond Tutorials (for beginners) --> http://bit.ly/bcl-lilypond > -- > View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/beginner-problem-tp154828p154829.html > Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
Thanks so much for the quick reply! I did figure out that it works just fine if I drag the file onto the LilyPad icon, so maybe it doesn't matter. I was just trying to follow the directions in the tutorial, which said to compile by typing at the command prompt (here's the instructions: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/learning/command_002dline) But maybe I can just skip that step, as long as it won't matter later on. I tried fooling around with the Windows command prompt, which I can type in just fine, but I don't know enough about DOS commands to get it to work. I haven't heard of Environment Variables, so hopefully I haven't changed anything about them yet! Thanks, Siena _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
