RE: Installing 2.24.1

[Mark Stephen Mrotek]

Werner,

Thank you for your prompt and instructive reply.
Please bear with my inexperience.
What does "Register this Lilypond binary" tell me to do?

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Werner LEMBERG [mailto:wl@gnu.org] 
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2023 8:44 PM
To: carsonmark@ca.rr.com
Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Installing 2.24.1


> My experience installing Lilypond is with the Windows Installer.
> 
> I know what a Zip file is yet I have never used one to install a 
> program.  Is there some more detailed instructions than what is 
> provided in The Graphical Setup for Windows?

What exactly is your problem?

The basic procedure is simple, assuming that you are using
Frescobaldi:

* Unpack the ZIP file in a directory of your liking.  Let's assume you
  do this in directory `C:\Users\me\`.  After unpacking, the LilyPond
  binary is `C:\Users\me\lilypond-2.24.1\bin\lilypond.exe`.

* Register this LilyPond binary (and probably other binaries; I use
  neither Windows nor Frescobaldi :-) in the Frescobaldi setup and you
  are done.

If you are working on the command line instead, you might have a look at the
PDF that comes with a current merge request

  https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1860#note_1307976050


     Werner