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Subject: Re: MacOS X native packaged (was Re: lilypond install mac os x)
From: Libero Mureddu <libero.mureddu3 () fastwebnet ! it>
Date: 2005-02-28 15:49:34
Message-ID: 382b1011b2606da352d5841000eba3bf () fastwebnet ! it
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Il giorno 28/feb/05, alle 13:17, Mats Bengtsson ha scritto:
> Take a look at the text editor jedit, which has very good support
> for LilyPond, see
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.4/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/
> Editor-support.html
>
Thanks, but I know and use jedit, my suggestion was about creating an
environment that doesn't need any external software, thinking to the
the "lazy" mac user :-)
libero
> /Mats
>
> Libero Mureddu wrote:
>> Hi!
>> In my impression lilypond.app should be like MacCsound
>> (www.csounds.com/matt/MacCsound), Csound is a text environment for
>> electronic music, it runs on a command line, but the version for mac
>> provides a very simple text editor ready for syntax, correction of
>> mistakes and some GUI elements (that lily doesn't need), and the
>> binary is catched inside the "app" package.
>> So, my suggestion is: why don't give a package that contains a VERY
>> simple and light (but useful for lily) text editor and a series of
>> button for the main operations (run lily, start pdf viewer, midi
>> etc).
>> I'm thinking to avoid the problem of downloading a text editor,
>> setting it to lily mode, to be full of instruction a bit cryptical
>> (for the musician).
>> I've finished a html version of the installation instruction for mac
>> x with the corrections that some users nicely sent to me. It is based
>> on the macos page on the lily website
>> Let me know if is it ok.
>> Ciao
>> Libero
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>> Home <http://lilypond.org/web/index.html> Introduction
>> <http://lilypond.org/web/switch> About
>> <http://lilypond.org/web/about> [Download]
>> <http://lilypond.org/web/download> Documentation
>> <http://lilypond.org/web/documentation.html> Development
>> <http://lilypond.org/web/devel>
>> [MacOS X] <http://lilypond.org/web/download/macos.html> Windows
>> <http://lilypond.org/web/download/windows.html> First use
>> <http://lilypond.org/web/download/getting-started.html> User help
>> <http://lilypond.org/web/download/using.html>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>> LilyPond on MacOS X
>> Requirements:
>> * Download and install X11, Apple XCode and X11SDK
>> * Download and install Fink
>> * If necessary, enable unstable tree
>> * Be connected to internet
>> * Know your administrator password
>> 1) Install X11
>> Install X11 from Panther's third cd or downloading from Apple
>> website: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/download/
>> You will need an Apple ID, see next section.
>> 2) Install Apple XCode
>> * Go to http://connect.apple.com
>> * Follow the instructions to get a free online membership to Apple
>> Developer Connection
>> * Download the Xcode Tools 1.5 - CD Image
>> * Install Xcode and the X11SDK.pkg
>> 3) Install Fink
>> * From http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/index.php download
>> the
>> Binary Installer.
>> Briefly, Fink is a software that allows you to easily install
>> software originally developed on linux environment, to Mac OS X; this
>> software is already modifyied (ported) in order to run on Macintosh.
>> Fink will install itself and all the software in a new folder alled
>> "sw"If you want to move the /sw folder to another position, check:
>> http://homepage.mac.com/sao1/fink/how.html
>> If you don't know nothing about linux, terminal etc, two goods
>> starting point are http://www.gnu.org, to understand why lilypond is
>> a free software and what this means, and
>> http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/index.ws, to
>> understand how to use the terminal.
>> 4) Fink or FinkCommander
>> FinkCommander is provided together with Fink, and it is a graphic
>> interface to use Fink.
>> After you have installed Fink, remember to give, from the terminal,
>> the following commands:
>> "fink selfupdate" and "fink update-all"
>> or with FinkCommander,
>> menu "Source -> selfupdate-rsync" and
>> menu "Source -> Update-all
>> 5) Stable-Unstable tree
>> To enable unstable tree and use the developers version, with a text
>> editor edit /sw/etc/fink.conf and add "unstable/crypto unstable/main"
>> to the "Trees" line.
>> You need to open it with administrator privileges. Ex "sudo pico
>> /sw/etc/fink.conf"
>> >From FinkCommander's preferences -> Fink, you can enable unstable
>> and crypto packages.
>> 6) Install Lilypond
>> * From the terminal, type "fink install lilypond" or "fink
>> install
>> lilypond-unstable" if you
>> want to use developer version.
>> Fink will install also libraries and other software required.
>> If you need to continue to work it is better that you give the
>> following command: "nice fink install lilypond", the compilation will
>> be done at a lower priority than any other operation.
>> After the download, starts the compilation stage: at the first
>> installation on lilypond it can takes quite long time it depends on
>> the machine. It can be one hour or more.
>> At the end of this stage a message within the terminal will inform you
>> that lilypond has been succesfully installed.
>> 7) First test
>> * Open TextEdit
>> * Check uf the new file is called "untitled.txt" otherwhise go to
>> Preferences and select the "text only" feature, and uncheck the
>> options "Append .txt extension to plain text files".
>> In the image, you can see how your preferences should appear.
>> This is because lilypond need text-only file (usually they are with
>> the extension .txt) but with the .ly extension.
>> * Write the following line:
>> { c'4 e' g' }
>> * save it to the desktop with the name foo.ly
>> * Open the terminal and type: lilypond Desktop/foo.ly and press
>> enter
>> * After the process is finished, go to your desktop and you will
>> find various
>> "foo" files with different extension.
>> * Double-click the foo.pdf file and you will see the music.
>> 8) How to get help
>> Help in Lilypond is provided by the lilypond-user mailing list.
>> * Before to send an e-mail, try to find an answer looking inside
>> the mailing-list-archive,
>> maybe another user had the same problem
>> * Search the Lilypond and the Fink documentations
>> * Search with Google <http://www.google.com>
>> * If nothing helped you, send an e-mail to the lilypond-user
>> mailing list!
>> In the message, please remember to put which machine you are using,
>> wich is your operative system, and wich version of Lilypond you are
>> using.
>> To check the version, type in the terminal: "lilypond -v" and press
>> enter.
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>> Home <http://lilypond.org/web/> > Download
>> <http://lilypond.org/web/download> > MacOS X
>> <http://lilypond.org/web/download/macos.html>
>>>
>> Libero Mureddu
>> Vanha Viertotie, 21 As. 429
>> 00350 Helsinki - Finlandia
>> Tel. +358-9-5808429
>> Mob. +358-41-7702668
>> Via Abbiati, 4
>> 20148 Milano - Italia
>> Tel. +39-02-4075953
>> Mob. +39-339-8757587
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> --
> =============================================
> Mats Bengtsson
> Signal Processing
> Signals, Sensors and Systems
> Royal Institute of Technology
> SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM
> Sweden
> Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463
> Fax: (+46) 8 790 7260
> Email: mats.bengtsson@s3.kth.se
> WWW: http://www.s3.kth.se/~mabe
> =============================================
>
>
Libero Mureddu
Vanha Viertotie, 21 As. 429
00350 Helsinki - Finlandia
Tel. +358-9-5808429
Mob. +358-41-7702668
Via Abbiati, 4
20148 Milano - Italia
Tel. +39-02-4075953
Mob. +39-339-8757587
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