Re: help

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Carl Sorensen writes:

> If there were a way to have a customized lilypond version of cygwin's
> setup.exe, with the appropriate packages automatically selected, so that
> we could just tell users to click on next, and next, and next..., then
> I think the installation could be better.

That's easy, I've done this for a while, but it means continued work
that only saves ignorant users ONE click (select: lilypond), and bring
up a new problem with dependencies: users who update from Cygwin
proper every day.

Anyone's who feels like it is free to do this.  You need some
programming experience, bandwidth, and time, for a continued period.
You should at least a couple times a week (but preferrably daily)
check update and check any new dependencies.

FWIW, I do not think there's an easy way out of Cygwin that really
helps.  I think efforts should be directed elsewhere.

> Bottom line, IMO, as long as lilypond is a linux/unix based program,

LilyPond will always be a Linux based program, but I think this has
absolutely nothing to do with making it feel right on Windows.

Jan.

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