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2 @setfilename lily-wins.info
3 @settitle LilyPond for Windows.
8 @chapter Lily Wins on Windows
11 @subsubsection ---FOR-IMMEDIATE-RELEASE---
14 Until now, installing LilyPond on Windows was
15 @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/help-gnu-music/2001-April/000620.html,
16 almost} a dull process that could easily be @uref{
17 ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/gnu-windows/latest/bin/tar/lily-install-0.6-i686-cygwin.bin.tar.gz,
18 automated} and scripted. This meant that you would have more time left
19 for actual work, and we all know that's not what computers were designed
22 Well, that kind of scary automating is no longer necessary!
23 Also, it's no longer needed to @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/wget,
25 @uref{http://appel.lilypond.org/gnu-windows/tar/lilypond/lilypond-1.3.147-1.tar.gz,tarballs}
26 or move @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/guile, all sorts of files}
27 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org/msg04380.html,
28 around}. Sometimes, the @uref{http://www.winzip.com,automagical
29 breaking while unpacking} process would even install flawlessly, and you
31 @uref{http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/gnu-music-discuss/2000-October/000517.html,
32 break it yourself by flattening} the
33 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org,LilyPond} tarball.
35 Our specially formed Windows support task force has, after thoroughly
36 investigating your particular needs as an individual user, formuled the
37 revolutionary new concept of one-size-fits-all software, and delivered
38 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss%40gnu.org/msg03647.html,
41 With the upcoming @uref{
42 http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/info-gnu-music/2001-April/000060.html,
43 LilyPond-1.4} release, we have innovated agressively, by copying and
44 @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/gnu-windows/latest/cygwin-installer.patch,
45 mutilating } @uref{http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin,Cygwin}'s
47 ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/mirrors/cygnus/snapshots/cygwin-src-20010410.tar.bz2,
50 @uref{http://appel.lilypond.org/lilypond/gnu-windows/tar/lilypond/md5.sum,
51 difficult checksums} or signatures. Enjoy the the thrills of running
52 @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/gnu-windows/latest/setup.exe,
53 untrusted binaries} with adminstrator rights, on your painfully
56 We proudly present our @emph{Gourmet-click-de-luxe} install: offering at
57 least @uref{babysit.html, 32 totally unnecessary clicks}, before you can
58 actually run LilyPond. This includes a nice and warm welcome click:
67 and of course, especially for all people with an exceptionally fine
68 developed Windows taste, the maybe even more hollow message that tells
69 us there's nothing to be told, really:
73 Installation completed.
77 Yes, that's right. Farewell @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/auto, smooth
78 nightly upgrades}. Even a click at the @emph{very end} is required, so
79 that you actually feel very useful babysitting the whole process. Try
80 it. You will agree that with this new innovative installer we have
81 truly reached the holy grail of user friendliness.