Thursday, February 6, 2020, 5:29:00 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > 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. I'm stll on 2.20.0 Peter
