Re: native LilyPond port for Microsoft Windows

[Ruud van Silfhout]

Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:

> The past weeks I've spent my lily development time on a mingw port and
> installer for windows.  I'm sure this is far from perfect, but I do
> not want to hold it back any longer.
>
> The installer is not directly aimed at Cygwin/unix gurus, but rather
> meant for people who just want to use LilyPond.  The plan is that
> after downloading and running the 12MB setup.exe, everything just
> works, including point and click.  The only additional software needed
> is a PDF reader like Adobe Acrobat.
>
> Download from
>
>    http://lilypond.org/mingw/setup.exe
>
> send success reports, bug reports, and patches here.
>
> I'm especially interested in information about using and integrating
> editors like [nt]emacs or jEdit, and usage with Cygwin.
>
> Jan.
>
>  
Hi Jan,

I tried it, and...
it worked like clockwork! great!
I haven't tried point and click yet, but I will let you know

CU

Ruud