Jan Thanks for the detailed reply. I'm really pleased that both the Cygwin and the native Windows version will be there, and I can see the advantages of the native version for many people.
> Also, GNU/Linux is far superior to Windows+Cygwin. Definitely. I use the GNU/Linux version whenever I can. But Windows+Cygwin is the closest I can get to it on the machine I have to use most of the time :-) Colin On 6/30/05, Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colin Wilding writes: > > > I've tried the Windows version, and I am sure some people will like > > it, but it's not for me: > > That's fine. Native Windows version is not primarily targetted at > Cygwin users. > > > 1. There seems so be no feedback at the command line. If I am updating an > > existing file then the only way I can tell whether a run has completed is by > > watching Explorer to see when the time stamps are updated. > > 2. I can't find a way to run the .exe at the command line that will display > > help, e.g. a list of options. > > 3. If a run fails the report does not display on the command line, only via > > the log file opening in Lilypad. > > See > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2005-06/msg00299.html > > > 4. convert-ly is still in Python so I have to run that in Cygwin anyway. > > See > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-06/msg00625.html > > > 5. I generally run Lilypond from jEdit and I'm not sure if I can get jEdit > > to run the native version. > > See the mail archives, I think this is solved. > > > 6. I use LaTeX on Cygwin and I want to integrate Lilypond files using > > lilypond-book > > 7. The native version seems to use the Windows fonts, rather than the Cygwin > > fonts > > Cygwin is not required for the native Windows version, that is the > whole idea. > > > that I use on LaTeX (in fact I have no idea how Pango relates to the > > Windows fonts) > > > 8. bash is far superior to the Windows command line. > > The mandatory bash command line interface, the required knowlegde of > TeX, and the too difficult/error prone installation methods were the > biggest problems for wider acception of Lilypond. > > Also, GNU/Linux is far superior to Windows+Cygwin. > > Greetings, > Jan. > > -- > Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter > http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
