Compilation seems to have worked, the pdf should be where you saved your .ly file. It seems like you saved it in the desktop directory, so, it should be right in front of you, on the desktop. In ubuntu it is compiled in the same directory as the .ly file at least.. I don't know about mac.
grtz, Bart http://www.bartart3d.be/ 2011/6/22 Travis Gould <[email protected]> > Hello, > > I am brand new to Lilypond and have just spent 90 minutes trying to figure > out how to get a simple piece of input (anything) to convert over and be > displayed as a .pdf file. I've tried copying bits from the welcome text > document into a new file and then clicking on "Compile" then "Typeset file" > and I've tried typing in the various simple examples that are shown in the > tutorials, but what keeps happening (no matter what I've typed into the text > document) is this: > > > > Processing `/Users/travisgould/Desktop/bob's happy day.ly' > Parsing... > /Users/travisgould/Desktop/bob's happy day.ly:0: warning: no \version > statement found, please add > > \version "2.14.1" > > for future compatibility > success: Compilation successfully completed > > > > I've tried adding the \version "2.14.1" command to the text document in > various ways and places, but the same message keeps coming up when I try to > compile the document. I'm using a MacBook with OS X version 10.5.8. Any > help or direction would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time and > for creating lilypond and making it available for free! > > -Travis Gould > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > >
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