Re: beginner problem

2013-12-01 Thread Nick Payne
ything 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

Re: beginner problem

2013-12-01 Thread Colin Campbell
On 12/01/2013 06:51 PM, 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 suppose

Re: beginner problem

2013-12-01 Thread SoundsFromSound
t 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 >&

Re: beginner problem

2013-12-01 Thread Siena
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

Re: beginner problem

2013-12-01 Thread SoundsFromSound
d 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 -

beginner problem

2013-12-01 Thread Siena
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

Re: Beginner problem with PianoStaff

2008-08-23 Thread Brett Duncan
Don Ravey wrote: I've just begun to learn LilyPond and already have this problem: when I try to use PianoStaff, LilyPond crashes without even writing a log entry. I uninstalled and reinstalled LP with no effect. If I remove the PianoStaff reference, it behaves as expected (although I can't

Re: Beginner problem with PianoStaff

2008-08-23 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Don, Sorry to bother again. Thought I'd copy the code as it *looks* like it wants to be, with the left hand doing bass 8ves and the right doing the other stuff. Apologies if I'm presuming... Jonathan \new PianoStaff << \new Staff \relative c' { \time 4/4 R1 8 r r 4 8.

Re: Beginner problem with PianoStaff

2008-08-23 Thread Jonathan Kulp
Hi Don, When I ran your code it worked (i.e. didn't crash Lilypond) but I'm not using the same version. You're using a pretty old version. Running it on 2.11.56 worked fine. I've adjusted things just a bit to put them in a more usual order (this is something that's very hard to get used to

Re: Beginner problem with PianoStaff

2008-08-23 Thread Dominic Neumann
Welcome to LilyPond, Don! Here on version 2.11.51 your source code compiles without any problem. Maybe you should try the current development version? And a little hint: If you replace r1 by R1 you get a rest that is centered in the bar. That´s what´s looking better for fullbar-rests most time.

Beginner problem with PianoStaff

2008-08-23 Thread Don Ravey
I've just begun to learn LilyPond and already have this problem: when I try to use PianoStaff, LilyPond crashes without even writing a log entry. I uninstalled and reinstalled LP with no effect. If I remove the PianoStaff reference, it behaves as expected (although I can't get the results I