Peter Toye <lilyp...@ptoye.com> writes: >> Message: 3 >> Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:57:20 +0100 >> From: David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> >> To: Gianmaria Lari <gianmarial...@gmail.com> >> Cc: Phil Holmes <em...@philholmes.net>, LilyPond User Group >> <lilypond-user@gnu.org> >> Subject: Re: New release >> Message-ID: <87mu9vejrj....@fencepost.gnu.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain > >> Gianmaria Lari <gianmarial...@gmail.com> writes: > >>> Hello Phil, > >>> I downloaded and I'm trying to install the windows version. > >>> Is it normal that 2.19.84 version tries to install itself it in the old >>> folder "LilyPond2.19.83"? > >>> Have a look to the attached screenshot. > >> I suspect that it just tries installing into >> the same directory that you >> directed it to install to with the last >> invocation. That this contains >> a version string is not detected. It would >> likely be an interesting >> change to the installer to search for such >> patterns and replace them, >> but since the installer is not generic to LilyPond but a >> Windows-specific GUB component, that change >> would likely require some >> knowledgable surgery. Alternatively I am not >> sure whether Frescobaldi >> does not offer a means to download and install LilyPond versions. > > I've just had a quick look at Frescobaldi and can't see anything on > its menus which implies that you can install Lilypond. Unless it's > well hidden.
I think you are right; at least I cannot find anything like that in 3.0.0. I thought that this was being discussed at some time, but I don't know what the conclusion or any resulting action was. -- David Kastrup
