On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 1:19 PM Jonas Hahnfeld via LilyPond user discussion <
lilypond-user@gnu.org> wrote:
Am Mittwoch, dem 09.02.2022 um 21:35 +0100 schrieb David Kastrup:
> Jonas Hahnfeld via LilyPond user discussion <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
> writes:
>
> > Am Mittwoch, dem 09.02.2022 um 09:23 +0100 schrieb Mats Bengtsson:
> >
> > > On the other hand, the previous installers can't be installed without
> > > admin rights either, so the new Zip distribution is at least a step
> > > in the right direction for Win users without admin rights
> >
> > Yes, this is one of the motivations *not* to use an installer. It also
> > makes having multiple versions and removal of old versions no-brainers
> > 🙂
>
> One of the selling points of Frescobaldi is that it can entertain
> multiple installed versions of LilyPond.
Yes, if you manage to install them. IIRC the Windows installer proposes
to uninstall previous versions of LilyPond. You can specify a versioned
directory for installation, but that's a manual step that the majority
of users probably won't take.
Hmm. . . I actually hadn't considered that. What I have done is to rename the current <Lilypond> directory to <Lilypond-2.whatever>, then install the new LilyPond version. If I ever have to use the older version, I can simply rename directories and get Frescobaldi to recognize the version I'm switching to. Hope that's understandable!
All the best,
Ralph