Re: What's the least input into a score to get midi output added?

[Graham Percival]

On 27-Jul-05, at 6:23 PM, Jay Hamilton, Sound and Silence wrote:

> When I copy and paste from the first template example and then copy 
> and paste my chosen notes I get
>
> error: syntax error, unexpected STRING
> \new Staff
>           \melody

Please copy the entire example.

> When I delete those parts I get

Don't just randomly delete parts!  If one of the example templates 
doesn't work as you
expect, then there's a big problem.  Investigate why it doesn't work -- 
is it a lilypond
bug, or are you mistaken about how lilypond works, or did you forget to 
copy something,
or...?

> So the example template in this instance does not seem to work at I 
> expect.  Which is why I asked- what's the minimum?

The minimum is simply
\midi{}


Please look carefully at a few of the example templates; I think it 
would help you
to understand how lilypond input files are constructed.

- Graham