Re: Newby questions

2008-09-14 Thread Mats Bengtsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lilypond --pdf filename.ly There's no need for the --pdf flag, you get a PDF by default. On my WInXP machine, this works fine. The program spits out some status lines, and the *.ps and *.pdf files appear. On my Win Vista laptop, when I type the command the version

Re: Newby questions

2008-09-13 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op zaterdag 13 september 2008, schreef fiëé visuëlle: > \lyricsto someVoiceName \new Lyrics \lyricmode{ your ly -- rics } In fact, this can be written even more simple: \new Lyrics \lyricsto someVoiceName { your ly -- rics } \lyricsto automagically switches the input mode to lyricmode. best reg

Re: Newby questions

2008-09-13 Thread Daniel Hulme
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:55:56AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > \new Lyrics = sopranos { s1 } > \new Lyrics = sopranosb { s2 } [...] > My question is about the "\new Lyrics" command. What's the {s1} > referring to? It uses "sopransob" to find the right set of lyrics. > When I h

Re: Newby questions

2008-09-13 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Am 2008-09-13 um 16:55 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There are some things I don't understand. I invoke the program from the command line: lilypond --pdf filename.ly On my WInXP machine, this works fine. The program spits out some status lines, and the *.ps and *.pdf files appear. On my Win Vis

Newby questions

2008-09-13 Thread tim
I've just installed Lilypond in the past week. Starting from the vocal music template in the manual, I've printed a couple songs, which my wife and I will sing from at church tomorrow. The results are beautiful! There are some things I don't understand. I invoke the program from the command l