Re: Simple problem gettingh started

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

"R G Whedon" <address@hidden> writes:

> I don't seem to be able to either change this "default" or to point
> Lilypond to another directgor which does not have the space.
>
> Any ideas what I shouild do?
>
> ly2dvi:error: filename should not contain spaces: `/usr/bin/Ralph Whedon/foo'

Best is to create a new home directory.  Start the Cygwin or LilyPond
shell, and do:

    $ HOME=/home/ralph
    $ mkdir -p $HOME
    $ cd

To go there automatically, each time you log in, edit the file

    /etc/passwd   (windows name: c:\cygwin\etc\passwd)

using vim or wordpad, and change the `/usr/bin/Ralph Whedon/' to
`/home/ralph'.

Greetings,            
Jan.

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    Set Message format as MIME, set "Encode text using:" to None.
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-- 
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien       | http://www.lilypond.org