Dear "ghe" I'd like to emphasize David's response about you continuing to user V2.14.2 in the long-term. There is absolutely nothing stopping using V2.16.2 on Debian, as far as I know. There are several advantages and very few disadvantages to doing this: o V2.16.2 is the latest stable release, if you do have a problem, it is easier for developers to check it out and reproduce it than with a historic stable release like 2.14.2. This means that you're more likely to get a response here or on the bugs list. o Using V2.16.2 will make it easier to upgrade to future stable releases of LilyPond. o There are a load of enhancements in V2.16.2 which make LilyPond easier to use and program, particularly in conjunction with some of the editors such as Frescobaldi, LilyPondTool in JEdit, Eclipse, and even (Lord, help us) Emacs and Vim. o The V2.16.2 documentation's better and more complete even than the docs for V2.14.2.
If there are some things that don't work the same way in 2.16.2, they are most likely covered by using convert-ly. I'd just like to make a few observations that would help you get more and maybe quicker responses to you posts. Please add a subject line to your posts. I'm breaking my own personal rule here that I don't generally reply to such posts. I've just had to spend extra time hunting down your original post to find out what it's about. Maybe you could give us a better indication of who you actually are? Most of us on the LilyPond lists are reasonably friendly and house-trained, and it feels more comfortable talking to a human name than a mailbox alias. Hope this helps, Cheers, Ian Hulin On 12/05/13 17:01, David Kastrup wrote: > g...@sdf.org writes: > >>> >>>> Alas, I use 2.14.2... >>> >>> Why? >>> >> >> Because I use Debian, and the version of LilyPond in testing is >> 2.14.2. I tried to install the 2.16.0 from Debian experimental, but >> for some reason the overall layout of my scores was changed, for >> worse. Perhaps I should have tried to fix the problem > > Or report it so that it can be fixed. > >> instead of downgrading, but I did not have the time to do so. > > Using 2.14 will not remain feasible for all the future. > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
