Re: Having some trouble getting LilyPond to run on the command line

[Daniel Miller]

Thanks Ralf (and everyone!). Editing the abjads configuration file fixed my problem immediately. Abjad now writes to LilyPond exactly as it should.

My apologies for my general incompetence in explaining my problem and following all of your helpful instructions. As I'm sure is obvious, I'm pretty new to working on the command line. I will also add a note to the stackoverflow so future users will find an answer there as well.

Thanks again!

Daniel

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Ralf Mattes <address@hidden> wrote:

Am Freitag, 25. September 2015 17:03 CEST, Daniel Miller <address@hidden> schrieb:

> That's certainly a valid criticism, David, and my intention is certainly
> not to waste anyone's time. However, I think it's natural that as users
> (particularly very new users) search for information online, they will find
> increasingly specialized help forums and/or will fail to find answers in
> one place and will try another place instead. Not every case of
> multi-posting is a case of forum spamming, and indeed I do update and/or
> close discussions as answers become apparent elsewhere.

Hello Daniel,

in this case I wouldn't consider the double post a waste of time, given the
small intersection of Lilypond mailing list members an the Stack Overflow crow.
It might be a good idea to mention your other attempts to solve your problem in
the mail so we have a chance to see what has allready been mentioned.

Anyway, back to your problem (running abjad, was that your goal?):

 I hink the easiest route would be to edit abjads configuration file (see
  http://abjad.mbrsi.org/installation.html#configuring-abjad). You might want
to change the line

 lilypond_path = lilypond

to

 lilypond_path = /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond

That should o the trick (sorry, I'm a bit short on time to install abjad on a Mac
right now, so I  can't test it myself).

HTH Ralf Mattes

> Best,
> Daniel
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:53 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Daniel Miller <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > Thanks for your help Federico (and David).
> > >
> > > As to posting a question in multiple places, I don't see that as a
> > problem.
> > > Different online communities have different specialties and knowledge
> > > areas. As you can see, very few LilyPond users saw my post on
> > > stackoverflow... so I came here instead. At worst, redundancy increases
> > the
> > > chance that some other neophyte LilyPond user, struggling with the same
> > > issue, will find an answer to their question.
> >
> > No, at worst someone spends considerable time creating an answer for you
> > that you no longer need.  If you only value your own time, posting to
> > multiple places independently looks like a good deal.  However, once
> > someone figures out that he wasted his time answering you, he might be
> > less inclined to give your questions a thought in future.  So even from
> > a purely egoistical point of view this is sketchy.
> >
> > Now it sounds as if you did not get a useful answer on Stackoverflow.
> > So in case you eventually resolve your problem with the help of this
> > list, it would make sense to answer your own question on Stackoverflow
> > using the help/information you got here in order not to let the question
> > there remain without useful answer.
> >
> > --
> > David Kastrup
> >

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