Re: How to correctly compile the Messiah from Neuvar's Site.

[Martin Tarenskeen]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2015, Michael Gerdau wrote:

> > I am needing help correctly compiling Handel's Messiah from the following
> > website:
> >
> > http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/index.php/2009/06/20/40

> So you need to insert
> \version "2.13.8"
> at the top of each file (*.ly and *.ily) and then apply convert-ly to
> all of them.
>
> Look up convert-ly in the manual under
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly

You can use the convert-ly option -f "2.13.8" if not all ly and ily files 
have a \version statement. On the commandline it is possible to convert 
many files in one run. (And there are many files in that source!). Maybe 
one of the commandline gurus here can come up with a commandline to 
recursively convert all the .ly and .ily files that are hidden in the 
Messiah directory in directories and sub-sub-sub-directories?


The Messiah score is compiled using a Makefile. If you have GNU make 
installed on your system, just go inside the "Messiah" directory and type

make

on the commandline and then everything should be compiled.

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MT