Re: Getting Started

[Damian leGassick]

hi bridget

lilypond isn't a program with icons and menus and the rest, it's more  
like a simple programming language.

you write lilypond files (text) with a text editor and the lilypond  
'program' acts on the instructions that you write in that textfile,  
resulting in printed music.

there's a tutorial available on the lilypond site - once you're a few  
examples into it, things will seem clearer

D




On 25 May 2007, at 15:36, bridget fox wrote:

> Hello, I followed all the instructions, and have received the part  
> saying
>
> %{
> Welcome to LilyPond
> ===================
>
> Congratulations, LilyPond has been installed successfully.
>
> Now to take it for the first test run.
>
>   1. Save this LilyPond file on your desktop.
>
>   2. Pick it up from the desktop with your mouse pointer, drag and  
> drop
>      it onto the LilyPond icon.
>
>   3. LilyPond automatically produces a PDF file from the musical scale
>      below.
>
>   4. To print or view the result, click on the newly produced file  
> called
>
>         Welcome_to_LilyPond.PDF
>
>
> That's it.  For more information, visit http://lilypond.org .
> %}
>
> \header{
>   title = "A scale in LilyPond"
> }
>
> \relative{
>   c d e f g a b c
> }
>
>
> \version "2.10.0"  % necessary for upgrading to future LilyPond  
> versions.
>
> But, now I can't seem to get into the programme - I have all the  
> symbols on my
> desktop, but none of them gets me any further than the above.   
> PLEASE HELP!!!
>
>
>
>
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