X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fdevel%2Fcompiling.itexi;fp=Documentation%2Fdevel%2Fcompiling.itexi;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=941dff9d2a67080e0dd8474f1e70f0c72ace6424;hp=18c2839c986b23772521164094f5c8895e893acc;hpb=5a22d6233a39d3164e1ca043244794c268be4ad0;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/devel/compiling.itexi b/Documentation/devel/compiling.itexi deleted file mode 100644 index 18c2839c98..0000000000 --- a/Documentation/devel/compiling.itexi +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ -@c -*- coding: us-ascii; mode: texinfo; -*- - -@node Compiling LilyPond -@chapter Compiling LilyPond - -@menu -* Compiling from source:: -* Concurrent Stable and Development Versions:: -@end menu - -@node Compiling from source -@section Compiling from source - -TODO (see AU 1 for now) -@c currently broken; will fix after 2.14 -@c @include compile.itely - - -@node Concurrent Stable and Development Versions -@section Concurrent Stable and Development Versions - -It can be useful to have both the stable and the development versions -of Lilypond available at once. One way to do this on GNU/Linux is to -install the stable version using the precompiled binary, and run the -development version from the source tree. After running @command{make -all} from the top directory of the Lilypond source files, there will -be a binary called @code{lilypond} in the @code{out} directory: - -@example -<@var{path to}>/lilypond/out/bin/lilypond -@end example - -This binary can be run without actually doing the @code{make -install} command. The advantage to this is that you can have all -of the latest changes available after pulling from git and running -@code{make all}, without having to uninstall the old version and -reinstall the new. - -So, to use the stable version, install it as usual and use the -normal commands: - -@example -lilypond foobar.ly -@end example - -To use the development version, create a link to the binary in the -source tree by saving the following line in a file somewhere in your -PATH: - -@example -exec <@var{path to}>/lilypond/out/bin/lilypond "$@@" -@end example - -Save it as @code{Lilypond} (with a capital L to distinguish it -from the stable @code{lilypond}), and make it executable: - -@example -chmod +x Lilypond -@end example - -Then you can invoke the development version this way: - -@example -Lilypond foobar.ly -@end example - - -TODO: ADD - -- how to build with debug info - -- other compilation tricks for developers -