X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=inline;f=Documentation%2Fuser%2Finstall.itely;h=cb16e07e057a5d364cfc952ea06aa87036c5be6a;hb=b3db9c33f60d8c8972abc8749c42ad30c77745da;hp=5e8dde80c705ebbcdac003e256e9a94bd1d24d85;hpb=3d0ff07396fbc24693f473ff9ff34c9656c539dd;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/user/install.itely b/Documentation/user/install.itely index 5e8dde80c7..cb16e07e05 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/install.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/install.itely @@ -47,12 +47,17 @@ darwin-x86 - MacOS X intel freebsd-64 - FreeBSD 6.x, x86_64 freebsd-x86 - FreeBSD 4.x, x86 linux-64 - Any GNU/Linux distribution, x86_64 -linux-arm - Any GNU/Linux distribution, arm linux-ppc - Any GNU/Linux distribution, powerpc linux-x86 - Any GNU/Linux distribution, x86 mingw - Windows x86 @end example +@knownissues + +If you have MacOS 10.3 or 10.4 and you would like to use Python +scripts such as @command{convert-ly} and @command{lilypond-book}, see +@ref{Setup for MacOS X,,,lilypond-program,Application Usage}. + @node Compiling from source @section Compiling from source @@ -354,17 +359,25 @@ less verbose build output, just like for building the programs. @knownissues -@code{-j} command-line option of @command{make} is unsupported for -building the documentation. As the most time consuming task is -running LilyPond to build images of music, the makefile variable -@code{CPU_COUNT} may be set in @file{local.make} or on the command line -to the number of @code{.ly} files that LilyPond should process -simultaneously, e.g. on a bi-processor or dual core machine +The most time consuming task for building the documentation is running +LilyPond to build images of music, and there cannot be several +simultaneously running @command{lilypond-book} instances, so @code{-j} +@command{make} option does not significantly speed up the build process. +To help speed it up, the makefile variable @var{CPU_COUNT} may be set +in @file{local.make} or on the command line to the number of +@code{.ly} files that LilyPond should process simultaneously, e.g. on +a bi-processor or dual core machine @example -make CPU_COUNT=2 web +make -j3 CPU_COUNT=3 web @end example +@noindent +The recommended value of @var{CPU_COUNT} is one plus the number of +cores or processors, but it is advisable to set it to a smaller value +if your system has not enough RAM to run that many simultaneous +LilyPond instances. + If source files have changed since last documentation build, output files that need to be rebuilt are normally rebuilt, even if you do not run @code{make web-clean} first. However, building dependencies in the