Re: Different versions of LilyPond

[Helge Kruse]

Am 14.07.2010 18:13, schrieb James Lowe:
> That sounds awfully complicated (and one would question the legality of having 
> multiple installs of the same version of XP on one machine but I haven't read 
> MS's EULA)
>
> Can't you just
>
> 1. install version 2.12.whatever
> 2. rename lilypond dir accordingly
> 3. install ve4rsion 2.13.whatever
> 4. rename lilypond dir accordingly
>
> and just put back the old dir name for the version you want to use.

I don't know, why I should rename the directory when I want to use a 
different version. You can have lilypond.exe in your PATH, but that's 
not necessary, when you use any editor, than starts the compiler.

For example TeXworks (a LaTeX-editor) allows selecting the compiler very 
comfortable. I configured TeXworks with the different lilypond versions. 
Now it's two clicks to change the version. Additionally TeXworks allows 
a comment that selects the compiler. So I add
  %!TEX TS-program = Lilypond-2.12      or
  %!TEX TS-program = Lilypond
denpendent on the lilypond version the score was written for. So I don't 
have to rename any directory, what also would require administrative 
rights on my PC.

Probably this is an idea that could be used in the Lilypond-supported 
editors like LilypondTool.


Best regards,

Helge