Re: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread David Wright
On Fri 14 Oct 2022 at 10:24:37 (+0100), J Martin Rushton wrote: > On Fri, 2022-10-14 at 01:51 -0700, Aaron Hill wrote: > > On 2022-10-14 12:18 am, J Martin Rushton wrote: > > > For some reason best known to Microsoft Windows held > > > systems down in 32-bit node for years after they were internall

Re: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread David Wright
On Fri 14 Oct 2022 at 09:48:41 (+), Dag Bergman wrote: > Thanks David for your comments. > > As I said to Werner, I will probably have to do Lilypond work on the Windows > 10 machine, albeit inconvenient. On Fri 14 Oct 2022 at 00:16:39 (+), Dag Bergman wrote: > Hi David, > > Thanks for

Re: Building Mac OS LilyPond versions automatically (Was : another 'wrong type argument' error )

2022-10-14 Thread Jonas Hahnfeld via LilyPond user discussion
(regarding "automatically" in the title, please see my other reply) On Fri, 2022-10-14 at 08:29 +0200, Jacques Menu wrote: > Hello folks, > > I’m a regular user of Mac OS, which I use for development, and > will help with the creation of LilyPond versions with pleasure. > > My last try at buildi

Re: another 'wrong type argument' error

2022-10-14 Thread Jonas Hahnfeld via LilyPond user discussion
On Fri, 2022-10-14 at 04:30 +, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > > In the spirit of my first comments in this email I’ll directly ask > > if the project needs help testing or working on the Mac build > > system at all? > > Yes, we need help – namely for taking *permanent* care of the MacOS > releas

Re: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread Paul Hodges
From: Nicholas Bailey  I see you have a Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford email address. They shouldn't be using that OS any more. When I retired from Oxford University (where I was a department network manager) six years ago, most departments were alrea

Re: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread Nicholas Bailey
That's what to do. XP EULA which they made you agree to: "3. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS AND OWNERSHIP. Microsoft reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in this EULA. The Software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws and treaties. Microsoft or its suppliers own the

Re: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread Andrew Bernard
You can make W 10 look just like XP with Stardock Window Blinds: https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/ And you can get quite similar to XP as follows: https://winaero.com/get-windows-xp-look-in-windows-10-without-themes-or-patches/ Andrew

Re: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread Andrew Bernard
Then don't forget VueScan. It's a thoroughly professional scanning application. I'm be sure there are solutions for your printer also. What model? Andrew On 14/10/2022 8:48 pm, Dag Bergman wrote: Thanks Werner for your comments, I will eventually test your suggestions, but the quickest way

RE: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread Dag Bergman
Thanks David for your comments. As I said to Werner, I will probably have to do Lilypond work on the Windows 10 machine, albeit inconvenient. Best regards Dag -Original Message- From: David Wright Sent: Friday, 14 October 2022 05:10 To: Dag Bergman Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject:

RE: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread Dag Bergman
Thanks Werner for your comments, I will eventually test your suggestions, but the quickest way seems to do Lilypond work on the Windows 10 machine, albeit inconvenient. Best regards Dag -Original Message- From: Werner LEMBERG Sent: Friday, 14 October 2022 05:12 To: Dag Bergman Cc:

Re: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread J Martin Rushton
On Fri, 2022-10-14 at 01:51 -0700, Aaron Hill wrote: > On 2022-10-14 12:18 am, J Martin Rushton wrote: > > For some reason best known to Microsoft Windows held > > systems down in 32-bit node for years after they were internally > > 64- > > bit. > > Microsoft did not "hold systems down". In the e

Re: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread Paul Hodges
I used XP64 for a while.  What killed it for me was that when XP service pack 3 came out, many programs started to require the new facilities it included, and so checked for SP3 being installed.  XP64 had the same service pack, but because the 64bit XP had come out later than the 32bit version,

Re: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2022-10-14 12:18 am, J Martin Rushton wrote: For some reason best known to Microsoft Windows held systems down in 32-bit node for years after they were internally 64- bit. Microsoft did not "hold systems down". In the era of XP, Windows came in a 64-bit version, colloquially known as XP64.

Re: LilyPond-2.22.2 does not work on Windows XP

2022-10-14 Thread J Martin Rushton
Probably quite off the wall and not acceptable, but there are other operating systems! At work we regularly repurposed old 32-bit Windows boxes as up to date 64-bit Linux boxes when a special use one-off node was needed. For some reason best known to Microsoft Windows held systems down in 32-bit