2009/3/3 Chris Corde <[email protected]>: > I have installed,,,,I think correctly > However, when I double click or right click and "open with" Lily > pond,,,nothing is happening. > I tried the right click, generate pdf as well,,,it gave me a notepad document > with no music. > thoughts?
Greetings, ... When you double click or right click on *what* ? LilyPond is a very specific software. You first have to create a file, just with a text editor such as your NotePad, and then save it anywhere (on your Desktop for instance) with a .ly extension (_not_ .txt). Then you should be able to double click on this file, wait for a few seconds, and see a PDF file appear near the .ly source file. See http://lilypondwiki.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Where_is_the_app%3F and our tutorial at http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Tutorial You can try with a very simple code in your .ly file, such as { b } Feel free to ask any question after having read our tutorial, on the users' mailing list: http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user Regards, Valentin _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
