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-article(LilyPond Windows NT 4.0/95 Distribution)(nemail(Jeffrey B. Reed)(daboys@austin.rr.com))(label(contents))
-sect(Windows NT/95 Binary Distribution)
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-subsect(Introduction) label(introduction)
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-This page is dedicated to the distribution of precompiled and
-preformatted LilyPond binaries for Windows NT 4.0 . This package is
-covered under the GNU General Public License and all of the source is
-available on the official
-url(LilyPond Homepage)(http://www.cs.ruu.nl/people/hanwen/lilypond/index.html).
-A full set of url(documentation)(http://www.cs.ruu.nl/people/hanwen/lilypond/Documentation/tex/out-www/index.html) in various formats is also available.
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-description(
- dit(BUG FIXES)
- itemize(
- 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.
- )
-)
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-description(
- 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
-url(CreateInstall)(http://www.gentee.com/). This is a shareware
-application that has capabilities close to the high dollar installers
-bf(InstallShield), bf(Install Vise), and bf(WiseInstaller).
-bf(CreateInstall) does cost $38 to register which is probably going to
-be frowned upon, but I was unable to find a freeware install builder
-that was suitable. The self extracting distribution currently:
-
-itemize(
- it() Installs the lilypond distribution on any valid file system.
- it() Optionally creates a em(Lilypond) shortcut group on your start
- menu with the following shortcuts.
- itemize(
- it() bf(lilyshell)
- it() bf(uninstall)
- )
- it() Allows unistall through the Add/Remove Program interface on the
- control panel.
- it() The bf(lilyshell) uses the /E and /K switches to extend the
- environment size and initialize the shell environment.
- it() It has the look and feel of a real Windows installer
-)
-
-The bf(lilyshell) shortcut initializes the environment so you can
-generate music from a MSDOS prompt with commands like:
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-itemize(
- it()ly2dvi
- it()convert-mudela
- it()mudela-book
- it()lilypond
- it()midi2ly
-)
-
-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:
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- 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".
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-
-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
-generate documentation, article, and book quality output. It is an
-assume tool to have in your toolbox.
-
-LilyPond uses a code(Python) script named code(ly2dvi) to render a
-professional quality music score. code(Python) is an interpreted,
-interactive, object-oriented programming language. It is often
-compared to code(Tcl), code(Perl), code(Scheme) or code(Java).
-
-Gsview is used to display and print the music scores created by
-LilyPond.
-
-itemize(
- 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.
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-itemize(
- it()Windows 95
- url(lilypond-@TOPLEVEL_VERSION@-95)(lilypond-@TOPLEVEL_VERSION@-95.exe)
- it()Windows NT 4.0
- url(lilypond-@TOPLEVEL_VERSION@-nt)(lilypond-@TOPLEVEL_VERSION@-nt.exe)
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-itemize(
- it()link(Download)(download) the distribution.
- it()run downloaded executable. nl()
- it() The first installation of LilyPond also requires these
- additional steps:
- description(
- dit(LaTeX geometry package)
- itemize(
- it()url(download)(ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry.zip) the zip file to code(\Temp).
- it()Extract the zip file into the LaTeX package area of
- code(MiKTeX). This will be bf(em(MiKTeX-dir)\tex\latex)
- it()From a Command Prompt change directory into geometry
- directory that was just extracted.
- it()In the geometry directory type bf(latex geometry.ins)
- ) nl()
- dit(Miscellaneous fonts)
- itemize(
- it()In your favorite editor create a file named
- code(cmbx14.mf). Add the following lines: nl()
- bf(design_size=14.4; ) nl()
- bf(input b-cmbx;)
- it()From a Command Prompt copy cmbx14.mf to the public font
- area of MiKTeX: nl()
- bf(copy cmbx14.mf em(MiKTeX-dir)\fonts\source\public\cm\base)
- )
- dit(NOTE)
- MiKTeX-1.11 localtexmf configurations should use
- bf(em(localtexmf-dir)) in place of bf(em(MiKTeX-dir)).
- ) nl()
- it()See the link(Running)(running) instructions below
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-itemize(
- it()Take a look at url(angels.ly)(angels.ly)
- it()Save angels.ly to your local disk
- it()Select the bf(lilyshell) shortcut from the em(Lilypond) group nl()
- it() From a LilyPond Command Prompt run: nl()
- bf(ly2dvi angels.ly) nl()
- bf(dvips angels.dvi) nl()
- bf(start angels.ps) nl()
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-subsect(LilyPond resources) label(resources)
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-itemize(
- it()url(LilyPond Homepage)
- (http://www.cs.ruu.nl/people/hanwen/lilypond/index.html)
- it()url(LilyPond Ftp Site)(ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/)
- it()url(gnu-music-discuss mail archive)
- (http://jab.org/mail/gnu-music-discuss@gnu.org/)
- it()Please feel free to mail us at url(gnu-music-discuss)
- (mailto:gnu-music-discuss@gnu.org)
-)
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