Issue 698 in lilypond: Windows users should be offered a better first impression

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Comment #10 on issue 698 by pnorcks: Windows users should be offered a  
better first impression
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=698

In response to Valentin's original post, I don't think it's worth working  
too much on
the *existing* LilyPad for Windows, per se.  This editor is a  
nearly-identical
version of the  Wine Notepad from 2005!  The Wine Notepad has been improved  
since
then, but it's starting to rely on parts of the Windows API that MinGW has  
not yet
implemented.  (I recently tried updating it to reflect Wine git, but it was  
too much
of a hassle for too little benefit.)

Rather, it might be better to write a cross-platform GUI (not Java based)  
so that
we're not stuck using the Windows API.  I've been thinking about starting a  
project
like this for a while, but I'm not promising anything yet.

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