Re: Lilypond Windows

[Mats Bengtsson]

> Hello Dominique,
> 
> 
> DC> I've just downloaded and installed lilypond from internet with setup.exe 
> in the directory c:\test.
> DC> When I execute the batch file I get an error telling me that these files:
> DC> - bash.exe
> DC> - cygpath.exe
> DC> - regtool.exe
> (If  the  too  latter  are  missing, that means they've been
> launched, and not by the .bat file)
> DC> are missing?
> 
> As  specified in the installation and troubleshooting pages,
> not  installing  LilyPond in the default c:\cygwin folder is
> call for trouble. Unfortunately, some paths seem to still be
> hard coded. It's also possible you didn't install EVERYTHING
> listed in setup (just installing Lilypond won't work).

Maybe there's a confusion here. The install.exe program asks
for an installation directory, but as far as I can remember
that's only where the downloaded .tar files are stored before
they are unpacked and installed in c:\cygwin\. 
Also, I'm not sure which batch file you refer to? The installation
should give you an icon named Lilypond which will launch a
command window where you can run the Lilypond programs. The
same choice is available in the Start menu, possibly below
the menu choice "Cygwin" (silly!). 

> If  the  former explanation is the good one, I'd suggest you
> use Search&Replace(http://www.funduc.com/search_replace.htm)
> and look for the following strings :
>    - /cygwin
>    - \cygwin
>    - cygwin/
>    - cygwin\
> 
> And replace them (manually) by /test, \test, etc.

This might cause more problems than it solves. 

> DC> When I install them, and run lilypind on Paddy's test file I get another 
> error message:
> DC> - missing init.txt file?

Did you possibly name the file test.txt instead of test.ly?
The Lilypond input file should always have file extension .ly
(it could be somewhat tricky to convince Notepad to achieve that).

   /Mats