From 0d1466de2eaa67effa72c93d16d079bcff0a1c49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yoshiki Sawada Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 16:21:10 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Web: Windows on the command-line in Documentation/web/download.itexi --- Documentation/web/download.itexi | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/web/download.itexi b/Documentation/web/download.itexi index a33d9e625c..2653d70e9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/web/download.itexi +++ b/Documentation/web/download.itexi @@ -478,7 +478,50 @@ button when the uninstaller has completed. @warning{If you are happy with the GUI, then please ignore these instructions.} -@help{don't know} +@subsubheading Windows on the command line + +@ignore +CHECK: check the following descriptions. +I don't have English version of Windows. +@end ignore + +The most convenient way to run LilyPond is by adding the folder +which contains LilyPond executable files to the environmental variable +@qq{Path}. + + +@enumerate +@item +Open your @qq{System} on the Control Panel, +select Advanced tab and click Environmental Variables button. + +@item +Select the Variable @qq{Path} from Environmental variables list +and click the Edit button. +You will be presented a window titled @qq{Edit System Variable}; +append to @qq{Variable value} the name of the folder +which contains LilyPond executable files like this: + +@example +[@var{pre-set paths}];@var{DIR}\LilyPond\usr\bin +@end example + +@warning{@var{DIR} will generally be @code{C:\Program Files}.} + +@noindent +and click @qq{OK} button to close the window. + +@end enumerate + +@subsubheading Invoking individual excecutable files + +LilyPond excecutable files +-- such as lilypond, lilypond-book, convert-ly, and so on -- +can be run from the command-line by invoking them: + +@example +lilypond test.ly +@end example @divEnd -- 2.39.5