Hello: I'd like to suggest to all the Mac OS X users here that if they do not already know the basics of a UNIX shell like what you find when you open Terminal, that you take some time to find a tutorial on the web and follow it through.
When you have done a few of the tutorials you will find using the Terminal is not quite as scary or unfathomable. Most of the problems that have come up here are because of some basic lack of information about a Unix command line. You won't be able to do learn this on the fly while you are also learning lilypond. It will be totally confusing. Try working through the ones at MacDevCenter: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/05/20/terminal1.html or here at MacObserver: http://www.macobserver.com/tips/macosxcl101/2002/20021101.shtml A google search for Mac OS X and Terminal tutorial will give you hundreds of links to choose from. Follow the tutorials through even if you don't understand where they are headed. Every one I have encountered showed some aspect of OS X that is relevant to running and operating OS X. Terminal and command line may seem difficult at first, but there are some things that just work better and faster by typing one command then 5 keystrokes in the GUI. As you see here, there are more options available sometimes at the command line level. Also remember that lilypond is a GNU Linux application and a command line one at that. All the GUI portions are add-ons. I will answer a few questions off the list if some of you wish, but knowing some command line basics is essential eventually to use OS X effectively and have access to all the applications from UNIX and Linux that are potentially available. cheers.. david -- David Fedoruk B.Mus. UBC,1986 Certificate in Internet Systems Administration, UBC, 2003 "Music is enough for one's life time, but one life time is not enough for music" Sergei Rachmaninov _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user