Re: source code on windows

[Trevor Daniels]

Graham Percival wrote Saturday, September 11, 2010 8:36 PM


> Does anybody deal with lilypond source code on windows itself, 
> instead
> of lilybuntu?  Trevor?

I do _all_ my doc work on Windows, with a Windows
git repository.  I have ubuntu available in a
VM, but it causes a significant slow-down of all
my normal work when it's loaded due to increased
paging (I have 3 Gb RAM, the maximum available in
my laptop), so I try to avoid using it.  In fact
I only use it for code development, and I've done
none of that for several months.

> I'm looking at CG 2, and I'm not certain it makes sense to keep 
> the
> "git on windows" stuff.  If somebody can't build lilypond, then 
> the
> source code is of limited use, and lilybuntu seems to be working 
> well
> for people.  So I'm thinking about removing all instructions for
> windows development, and instead directing people to CG 1.3 
> Lilybuntu.
>
> Thoughts?

It is certainly of limited use but, with the script
I provided and Carl improved and installed, it is
very easy to do doc work on Windows.  For someone
totally unfamiliar with Unix this would be an
easier way in.

Trevor