release: 1.2.6

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / ntweb / index.yo

diff --git a/Documentation/ntweb/index.yo b/Documentation/ntweb/index.yo
index 1c7f252385b7a76d1a63b588e3698f4cc40b358e..e785f72b8f5cf7be0bb56aff9a4724060bb8b887 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/ntweb/index.yo
+++ b/Documentation/ntweb/index.yo
@@ -18,40 +18,41 @@ clearpage()
 
 subsect(NEWS) label(news)
 
-The FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS file system problems have been corrected.
-I have tested various installations that are known to be operational.
-The following configurations that have been tested. 
-
 description(
- dit(Windows NT)
- description(
-  dit(Installed on NTFS)
-  itemize(
-    it()Runs from NTFS partion
-    it()Runs from FAT16 partion
-  )
-  dit(Installed on FAT16)
+ dit(BUG FIXES)
   itemize(
-    it()Runs from NTFS partion
-    it()Runs from FAT16 partion
+   it() os.rename(this.__base + '.' + str(os.getpid()) + '.dvi', outfile) nl()
+        os.error: (2, 'No such file or directory') nl()
+        This problem was reported by many and thoroughly debugged by
+       Wolf Lother.  We have abandoned the use of os.getpid(), which
+       for one reason or another resulted in negative numbers on
+       windows 95, in favor of the tempfile module.  We have also
+        attempted to use only one '.' in naming temporary files.
   )
- )
 )
 
 description(
- dit(Windows 95)
- description(
-  dit(Installed on FAT16)
-  itemize(
-    it()Runs from FAT16 partion
-    it()Runs from FAT32 partion
-  )
-  dit(Installed on FAT32)
-  itemize(
-    it()Runs from FAT16 partion
-    it()Runs from FAT32 partion
-  )
- )
+ dit(NOTES)
+  itemize(  
+   it() We have had preliminary reports that the Windows 95
+        installation works on Windows 98.  Many thanks to Christian
+        Mondrup. 
+
+   it() Please use the Add/Remove program control panel entry to
+        unistall your current version of Lilypond before you attempt to
+       install this one.
+
+   it() If you are upgrading from a previous version of lilypond you will most
+       likely need to flush your font cache.  I generally just toss
+       file(D:\localtexmf\fonts\tfm\public\ehrhardt) and
+       file(D:\localtexmf\fonts\pk\ljfour\public\ehrhardt) in the Recyle
+       Bin. Your local font directory may be different, please refer to your
+       local installation of code(TeX).
+
+   it() The FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS file system problems have been
+       corrected.  I have tested various installations that are known
+       to be operational.  
+  ) 
 )
   
 The installer was created with
@@ -85,21 +86,13 @@ itemize(
     it()convert-mudela
     it()mudela-book
     it()lilypond
-    it()mi2mu
+    it()midi2ly
 )
 
-If you are upgrading from a previous version of lilypond you will most
-likely need to flush your font cache.  I generally just toss
-file(D:\localtexmf\fonts\tfm\public\ehrhardt) and
-file(D:\localtexmf\fonts\pk\ljfour\public\ehrhardt) in the Recyle
-Bin. Your local font directory may be different, please refer to your
-local installation of code(TeX).
-
-I have also converted the Manual Pages for the above tools to HTML for
-easy browsing.  This release has been tested on Windows NT 4.0sp3 and
-Windows 95 and found to be operational.  If you have any troubles and
-or comments please do not hesitate to drop me a line
-url(Jeffrey B. Reed)(mailto:daboys@austin.rr.com). 
+This release has been tested on Windows NT 4.0sp3 and Windows 95 and
+found to be operational.  If you have any troubles and or comments
+please do not hesitate to drop me a line 
+url(Jeffrey B. Reed)(mailto:daboys@austin.rr.com).
 
 This is what the version @TOPLEVEL_VERSION@ brings:
 
@@ -110,8 +103,20 @@ top_of_NEWS
 link(Back to top)(contents)
 clearpage()
 
+subsect(BUGS) label(news)
+itemize(
+
+  it() Using any text that contains '{}' for the value of the any
+       valid mudela bf(header) construct will cause bf(ly2dvi) to
+       fail.  A work around for the bf(latexheaders) construct is to
+       create a bf(TeX) file and set bf(latexheaders) to "\input
+       foo.tex". 
+)
+
+link(Back to top)(contents)
+clearpage()
 
-subsect(Required packages) label(packages)
+subsect(Required Packages) label(packages)
 
 LilyPond uses the code(TeX) package as its rendering engine. code(TeX)
 represents the state-of-the-art in computer typesetting. It is used to
@@ -127,9 +132,12 @@ Gsview is used to display and print the music scores created by
 LilyPond.
 
 itemize(
-    it()url(code(MiKTeX))(http://www.snafu.de/~cschenk/miktex/)
-    it()url(code(Python))(http://www.python.org)
-    it()url(code(gsview))(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/index.html)
+    it()url(code(MiKTeX))(http://www.snafu.de/~cschenk/miktex/). Versions
+        1.10b, 1.11, and 1.20b are known to work.
+    it()url(code(Python))(http://www.python.org). Version 1.5.1 and
+       possibly 1.5 work.
+    it()url(code(gsview))(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/index.html). 
+       Version 5.10 is known to work.
 )
 
 link(Back to top)(contents)