Re: Lilypond 2.5.25 for Windows

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Thomas Scharkowski writes:

>> Use environment sitting LYEDITOR=jedit.
>
> What is environment sitting? :-)

That's a typo.  Go to

   My Computer/System properties/Advanced/Environment Variables

You may have to log out and log in again.

>> > I cannot even use a Dos-box, typinf "lilypond" with or without
>> > parameters produces nothing, not even an error message.

Hmm.  I get

You are successfully logged in to this server!!!
13:04:46 address@hidden:~
$ PATH="/cygdrive/c/Program Files/LilyPond/usr/bin:$PATH"
13:04:55 address@hidden:~
$ /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe /C lilypond.bat --verbose --help GNU 
LilyPond 2.5.25
Usage: lilypond [OPTION]... FILE...

Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.

LilyPond produces beautiful music notation.
For more information, see http://lilypond.org

Options:
  -b, --backend=BACK             use backend BACK (gnome, ps [default],
                                       scm, svg, tex, texstr)
  -d, --define-default=SYM=VAL   define a default Scheme setting.
  -e, --evaluate=EXPR            set scheme option, for help use
                                       -e '(ly:option-usage)'
  -f, --formats=FORMATs          dump FORMAT,...  Also as separate options:
      --dvi                      generate DVI (tex backend only)
      --pdf                      generate PDF (default)
      --png                      generate PNG
      --ps                       generate PostScript
      --tex                      generate TeX (tex backend only)
  -h, --help                     print this help
  -H, --header=FIELD             dump a header field to file BASENAME.FIELD
  -I, --include=DIR              add DIR to search path
  -i, --init=FILE                use FILE as init file
  -o, --output=FILE              write output to FILE (suffix will be added)
      --no-print                 do not generate printed output
  -p, --preview                  generate a preview of the first system
  -s, --safe-mode                run in safe mode
  -v, --version                  print version number
  -V, --verbose                  be verbose
  -w, --warranty                 show warranty and copyright

Report bugs to address@hidden


LILYPOND_DATADIR="/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.25"
LILYPONDPREFIX="C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\share\lilypond\2.5.25"
LOCALEDIR="/usr/share/locale"

Effective prefix: "C:/Program Files/LilyPond/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.25"
FONTCONFIG_FILE="C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\etc\fonts\fonts.conf"
GS_FONTPATH="C:/Program 
Files/LilyPond/usr/share/gs/fonts;C:\WINDOWS/fonts;C:\WINDOWS\fonts;C:\Program 
Files\LilyPond\usr\share\gs\fonts;"
GS_LIB="C:/Program Files/LilyPond/usr/share/gs/lib;C:/Program 
Files/LilyPond/usr/share/gs/Resource;C:\Program 
Files\LilyPond\usr\share\gs\lib;C:\Program 
Files\LilyPond\usr\share\gs\Resource;"
GUILE_LOAD_PATH="C:/Program Files/LilyPond/usr/share/guile/1.7;C:\Program 
Files\LilyPond\usr\share\guile\1.7"
PANGO_RC_FILE="C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\etc\pango\pangorc"
PATH="C:/Program Files/LilyPond/usr/bin;C:\Program 
Files\LilyPond\usr\bin;c:\Program 
Files\LilyPond\usr\bin;c:\cygwin\home\root\bin;c:\cygwin\home\root\bin;c:\cygwin\sbin;c:\cygwin\usr\sbin;c:\cygwin\bin\mh;c:\cygwin\usr\local\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin;c:\cygwin\bin;c:\cygwin\bin;c:\cygwin\bin;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;c:\cygwin\bin"

> I have been using Lilypond (current version 2.4.6) in the Cygwin 
> environment for quite a time now. Version 2.5 is not available, 
> though. (?)
> I hope 2.6 will be!

Yes, it will be.

Jan.

-- 
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien       | http://www.lilypond.org