Hi Tim,
Thanks for responding.
I’m really struggling as I’m quite out of depth with this
tech stuff.
This is what shows up
when I download the Lilypond file from the website and
double click to open it.
The only bit of English
in the file is at the top, where it says ‘this program
cannot be run in DOS mode’ and I’m wondering if this is the
reason why it isn’t working.
I tried downloading
Denemo and that kind of worked but doesn’t let me edit the
music in the lilypond text file, I can only do it
graphically which isn’t ideal.
I appreciate any help; I
feel like it shouldn’t be this difficult!
Cluanie
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From:
tim@risingdove.com
Sent: 09 September 2022 15:16
To: li.lypond-user@gnu.org;
Cluanie Fraser
Subject: Re: issues with installing Lilypond
On 9 Sep 2022
at 11:21, Cluanie Fraser wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I´m struggling to download lilypond and wondering if
it´s supported on Windows 11?
It certainly runs on Win11, that's how I use it.
> When I download the Lilypond file it opens as a huge
encrypted text file on Notepad.
It's basically a command line application. You prepare a file
for it to process and it spits out a
PDF. For the basics of how to use it, download the Learning
manual at
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/learning/index.html
Also, check out Frescobaldi at frescobaldi.org. That's a
multiplatform front-end for Lily that
makes writing, editing, and compiling your Lilypond input
easier.
And continue to ask questions here.
--
Tim Slattery
tim@risingdove.com