Re: Problems with Lilypond Tool/JEdit

[Trevor Daniels]

Nick Payne wrote Sunday, October 11, 2009 7:42 PM


> Trevor Daniels wrote:
> > Nick Payne wrote Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:59 AM
> >
> >
> > > Trevor Daniels wrote:
> > > > Ahh - I see what you mean.  The name of the -installer- 
> > > > changed.
> > > > This doesn't affect anything when doing a straight install 
> > > > under
> > > > Windows.  The default install directory is unaffected.  That's 
> > > > what
> > > > I misunderstood.  Thanks Valentin.
> > > No, I installed 2.13.4 on both XP and Windows 7, and on both 
> > > systems it installed into C:\Program Files\GNU_LilyPond.
> >
> > I don't use LilyPondTool, and the installation definitely went
> > into Program Files/LilyPond.  That's why I was puzzled by
> > the report.  I've attached a screenshot of the install window,
> > which shows clearly the name of the install program and the
> > default directory name in my case.
> >
> > However, it seems the default directory name is actually picked
> > up from the name set in the previous install if one is set there.
> > Maybe this explains the difference.
> No, the previous installation was into C:\Program Files\LilyPond, 
> and I followed the same procedure as previously of uninstalling 
> previous version and then installing the new. I used the installer 
> downloaded from 
> http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/mingw/lilypond-2.13.4-1.mingw.exe. 
> Did you use that or perform your own build?

I used that download but I didn't uninstall; I usually just remain
the directory in Program Files before an install as I like to keep
old versions readily to hand.  This seems to be the difference
between our experiences.

Trevor