subsect(NEWS) label(news)
-I have made my first attempt at distributing lilypond as a self
-extracting executable for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95. The
-executable will extract the distribution in the directory specified by
-the user and create em(lilypond-@TOPLEVEL_VERSION@\lily.bat). This
-batch file initializes the LilyPond environment and fires up a Command
-Prompt. From this Command Prompt you may run:
+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)
+ itemize(
+ it()Runs from NTFS partion
+ it()Runs from FAT16 partion
+ )
+ )
+)
+
+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
+ )
+ )
+)
+
+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:
itemize(
it()ly2dvi
it()mi2mu
)
+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
subsect(Download) label(download)
itemize(
- it()url(lilypond-@TOPLEVEL_VERSION@)(lily1123jbr1.exe)
+ 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)
)
link(Back to top)(contents)
itemize(
it()Take a look at url(angels.ly)(angels.ly)
it()Save angels.ly to your local disk
- it()Execute lilypond-@TOPLEVEL_VERSION@\lily.bat nl()
-NOTE: If you get an em(out of environment memory error), simply increase
-the environment memory by selecting
-em(lilypond-@TOPLEVEL_VERSION@\lily.bat) Properties/Memory and increase
-the available environment memory to 1024.
+ 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()
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