Re: need exact pathfilename info for opening lilypond

[Carl Bolstad]

C. Burton wrote:

> Which program opens lilypond?  What is the exact information that needs to be 
> typed?
>  
> I need this information for Win98SE.  
LilyPond isn't an interactive program that you open.  You type up a text 
document in something simple like Notepad, and save it with a .ly 
extension.  I like to save it in c:\cygwin\home\name (where "name" is 
your username in Cygwin), so you can then open Cygwin (you probably have 
a shortcut for it on your desktop) and type "lilypond file.ly" where 
file.ly is your text file.  LilyPond will then come into play, and if 
all goes well, it will produce a .pdf, a .ps, and a .mid file of your 
music.  See the documentation for more details, either online or on your 
hard drive (mine's at 
C:\cygwin\usr\share\doc\lilypond-2.2.2\index.html), especially the tutorial.

Good luck!
Carl Bolstad