Re: starting Lilypond

[Valentin Villenave]

2008/6/29 Les <address@hidden>:
> I installed Lilypond but can't get it to start. I get the Welcome message
> which instructs me to copy the message to desktop. This I do OK but I cant  do
> the next step "pick it up from your desktop and drag and drop it onto the
> Lilypond icon", because I can't find the icon anywhere. Help!

Greetings,

Actually you have to save this code as a new file on your desktop (or
anywhere you want), and make *sure* its extension is .ly (not .txt).
If the extension is correct, you should see that the file has a black
"note" icon; if it does, just double click on it and wait a few
seconds; you should see a pdf document appear next to it: this is your
score.

As soon as you've understood the process, I advise you to learn the
LilyPond language, starting with our tutorial at
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Tutorial

Cheers,
Valentin