Re: Stuck, and don't know why.

[Mats Bengtsson]

Please read at 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Compiling-a-file#Compiling-a-file
if you have not already done so.

  /Mats

Joseph M. Krush wrote:
> Hello, LilyPond Staff:
>
>      I'm writing a book on music (the title is my e-mail address), so I 
> desparately need LilyPond to insert dozens of musical examples into my text in 
> Word.  I followed all instructions, got to the end, and then ended up in a 
> vicious circle.  According to the "Congratulations" message, after the PDF 
> file appears showing "A scale in LilyPad," that should be it.  Yet every time 
> that I try to open the program, I get the "Congratulations" message again.  I 
> have been trying this for a week now...  
>
>      Other things that happen are:  1) I get the black screen titled 
> C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe.  But I was once even able to get rid of that by 
> doing:  Start -----> Run -----> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll -----> Enter.
>
> 2)  A message telling me that Adobe cannot open the file.
>
> 3)  A message telling me that Windows cannot open the file because it does not 
> know which program created it.  It asks me to tell it which program to use.  
> That I don't know, because it is Adobe PDF that has the scale in LilyPond.
>
> 4)  A message telling me that the file cannot be opened because the computer 
> cannot find libfontconfig-1-dll.  I tried Start -----> Run -----> typed that 
> in -----> Enter, but that did not work, either.  Also, after the download, 
> under "Show details," everything listed (and there was an awfully long list) 
> showed 100%.
>
>      One more thing.  It says in the "Congratulations" message that version 
> 2.10.0 is needed before one can upgrade.  But on the other hand, I have also 
> had a message saying that a previous version of LilyPond has been found, and 
> that I must uninstall it first.  
>    
>      So that's it.  I'm at my wit's end.  No more ideas in this head.  Can you 
> help, please?  Thank you, Joseph.
>
>
>
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