Re: LilyPond in/not in Windows PATH (Re: Point-and-click on Frescobaldi?)

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wilbert Berendsen" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 8:40 PM
Subject: LilyPond in/not in Windows PATH (Re: Point-and-click on 
Frescobaldi?)


> Op Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:36:33 -0400
> Father Gordon Gilbert <address@hidden> schreef:
>
> > For whatever reason, Fresco was not showing the full path to LilyPond.
> >  Never had this problem before, but when I put it in there, all
> > worked!
>
> Frescobaldi just tries if 'lilypond.exe' (or 'lilypond-windows.exe',
> which does not open a console window) can be found in the operating
> system's PATH.
>
> If not, you should open the preferences, select the 'lilypond' entry in
> the list and click 'Edit'. There, specify the full path to the
> lilypond-windows.exe program.
>
> But in upcoming Frescobaldi 2.0.5 I have added some additional logic to
> look for LilyPond in other locations, even if they are not in the PATH.
> Currently "C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin" is searched, and I can
> add more (need to test current git on Windows with newer LilyPond
> versions yet).
>
> --
> Wilbert Berendsen
> (http://www.wilbertberendsen.nl)


Clearly for windows only, but an alternative is to look in the program files 
directory for the shortcut.  c# code that does this is:

string ProgMenu = 
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles);
string [] LilyDirs = Directory.GetDirectories(ProgMenu, "*lily*");


--
Phil Holmes