From f161fd6d57700ba49f14f98fef0308015bd00edc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Percival Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:49:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add warning about command-line programs for windows/OSX users. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ Documentation/user/converters.itely | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index cc0db4f2e9..869058f0be 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-02-14 Graham Percival + + * Documentation/user/invoking.itely: add warning about command line. + 2006-02-14 Han-Wen Nienhuys * lily/include/lily-proto.hh: add Prob, rm Page. diff --git a/Documentation/user/converters.itely b/Documentation/user/converters.itely index f8b6f6c82f..fce56b0fd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/converters.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/converters.itely @@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ There are other tools that produce LilyPond input, for example GUI sequencers and XML converters. Refer to the @uref{http://@/lilypond@/.org,website} for more details. +These are separate programs from lilypond itself, and are run +on the command-line. By ``command-line'', we mean the command +line in the operating system. Windows users +might be more familiar with the terms ``DOS shell'' or +``command shell''; OSX users might be more familiar with the +terms ``terminal'' or ``console''. Describing how to use +this part of an operating system is outside the scope of this +manual; please consult other documentation on this topic if +you are unfamiliar with the command-line. + @menu @@ -55,6 +65,9 @@ It is invoked from the command-line as follows, midi2ly [@var{option}]@dots{} @var{midi-file} @end example +Note that by ``command-line'', we mean the command line of the +operating system. See @ref{Converting from other formats} for +more information about this. The following options are supported by @command{midi2ly}. @@ -124,6 +137,10 @@ It is invoked from the command-line as follows. etf2ly [@var{option}]@dots{} @var{etf-file} @end example +Note that by ``command-line'', we mean the command line of the +operating system. See @ref{Converting from other formats} for +more information about this. + The following options are supported by @command{etf2ly}: @table @code @@ -148,12 +165,14 @@ confuse @command{etf2ly}. Sequences of grace notes are ended improperly. for representing music notation. @command{musicxml2ly} extracts the notes from part-wise MusicXML -files, and writes it to a .ly file. +files, and writes it to a .ly file. It is invoked from the command-line. +Note that by ``command-line'', we mean the command line of the +operating system. See @ref{Converting from other formats} for +more information about this. The following options are supported by @command{musicxml2ly}: - @table @code @item -h,--help print usage and option summary. -- 2.39.5