Re: "Well, here's another nice mess I've gotten myself into!" Previously Please test new lilypond installers

[Urs Liska]

Am 1. Februar 2019 18:08:16 MEZ schrieb Michael Hendry <address@hidden>:
>> On 31 Jan 2019, at 19:32, Abraham Lee <address@hidden>
>wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, Michael!
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 10:28 AM Michael Hendry
><address@hidden> wrote:
>> > On 29 Jan 2019, at 19:00, Urs Liska <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > 
>> > If you use alternative notation fonts you have to "install" them
>for every new LilyPond installation.
>> 
>> [With apologies to Laurel & Hardy].
>> 
>> Having successfully installed 2.21.0, I’ve tried to install Lilyjazz
>according to the instructions here:
>> 
>> https://github.com/lyp-packages/lilyjazz
>> 
>> <snipped>
>>  
>> I’m probably missing something obvious - can anyone help, please?
>> 
>> I don't use LYP for personal reasons, but it seems nice. The errors
>suggest that some of the core functions (e.g., \require, \pinclude,
>etc.) are not being found, which further suggests that whatever files
>define those are not in LilyPond's include-path. You'll have to forgive
>me for not knowing how to fix it since, again, I don't use it, but that
>should at least point you in the right direction.
>> 
>> The alternative would be to download the lilyjazz files directly from
>that repo and include them yourself.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> Abraham
>
>Thanks, Abraham.
>
>I’ve obviously found a way of installing the lilyjazz fonts in the
>past, but Googling failed to find a blow-by-blow account of how it
>should be done, and LYP looked like a good direction to follow.
>
>I’ve tried simply copying the lilyjazz files from
>Contents/Resources/share/lilypond/current/fonts/svg and …/otf across
>from my copy of 2.18.2 (which works with jazz fonts) across to the
>corresponding locations in 2.21.0, and compiling the same file via
>Frescobaldi, but I get no staves, only chords and markup.
>
>I’ve decided to abandon LYP - too many aspects I don’t quite
>understand!
>
>Can you direct me to an idiot’s guide to installing fonts in general,
>and lilyjazz in particular?

Do you by chance run Frescobaldi from its Git repository?

Urs
>
>Michael
> 
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