Siena wrote > 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@ > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user Ah, I see what you mean. When I used LilyPond in the terminal I always just opened a fresh, clean one and ran lilypond-commands; rather than trying to do anything with that one which pops up when you run the program. Sorry if I confused you! If you have any other questions, don't hesitate... 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-tp154828p154831.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
