Re: Running lilypond under windows 2000

[Mats Bengtsson]

LilyPond is one of these programs, where it's impossible to do
anything useful without reading the manual, at least the tutorial
part. Also, as a windows user, you should read at
http://lilypond.org/web/download/windows.html

   /Mats

WALTER RUSSELL wrote:
> I have successfully downloaded and installed Lily Pond under windows
> 2000. (A message came up at the end of installation saying 'program
> successfully installed', or similar words).
>  
> When I double click the 'Cygwin.bat' icon to start the program I get a
> blank black box headed 'Cygwin'.
> This changes after a short time to a box headed '~'.
> Contained in this box is the following message:-   
>  
> address@hidden ~
> $ _ 
>  
> My user name for windows 2000 is 'Administrator'
>  
> My question is:-      What do I enter after the $ sign to get the
> program to run?
>  
> I tried typing in my win 2000 password which did not work.
> The following message came up after typing in the password:-       bash:
> (password): command not found
> What does 'bash' mean?
>  
> Hope you can help
>  
> Regards
> Walter Russell               address@hidden
>  
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