From dbe08fc4b061ff2badbe7c87bbd53527b13a2c7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Percival Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:50:05 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] More proofread for tutorial. --- Documentation/user/tutorial.itely | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user/tutorial.itely b/Documentation/user/tutorial.itely index 29b9d67a1f..d1b5eb467c 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/tutorial.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/tutorial.itely @@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ Be warned that the first time you ever run LilyPond, it will take a minute or two because all of the system fonts have to be analyzed first. For future use of LilyPond, you should begin by selecting "New" -or "Open". +or "Open". You must save your file before typesetting it. If any errors +occur in processing, please see the log window. @subsubheading Windows @@ -152,7 +153,20 @@ codes that will confuse LilyPond.} and enter Save it on the desktop as @file{test.ly} and make sure that it is not called @file{test.ly.TXT}. Double clicking @file{test.ly} will process -the file and show the resulting PDF file. +the file and show the resulting PDF file. To edit an existing +@file{.ly} file, right-click on it and select @qq{Edit source}. + +If you double-click in the LilyPond icon on the Desktop, it will open +a simple text editor with an example file. Save it, for example, to +@file{test.ly} on your Desktop, and then double-click on the file to +process it. After some seconds, you will get a file @file{test.pdf} +on your desktop. Double-click on this PDF file to view the typeset +score. An alternative method to process the @file{test.ly} file +is to drag and drop it onto the LilyPond icon using your mouse pointer. + +Double-clicking the file does not only result in a PDF file, but also +produces a @file{.log} file that contains some information on what LilyPond +has done to the file. If any errors occur, please examine this file. @subsubheading Unix -- 2.39.5