> Well, you have access to the cygwin installer? I had a look at it,
> but decided not do make the effort of adding or adapting it for
> lilypond. It's in the cygwin cvs tree.
Hmm. I'll have to take a look.
> Still, learing a bit about bash, and running that iso a plain dos box
> gives you so much more power and convenience. If only for tab
> completion of paths, command history, tracing...
In Unix, yes (I do know enough about bash to be dangerous, BTW). In Cygwin,
well... Err, not quite. If it was as stable/did what you would expect I
might feel differently about it (e.g., it ignores .bashrc and uses .profile
instead--go figure). I guess they're inching up on that, though. :-p
> ... But after a couple of months, I realised that
> having to use windows all morning made me very restless and was bad
> for my mood.
Another glowing testimonial for Bill Gates & Co.! ;-) I can assure you
that writing for Windows is enough to drive a mad man sane... ;-p
> That's why we had discussions before, and that's why Han-Wen proposed
> to reconsider distributing windows binaries. Linux is much better
> suited, easier, and more fun for running LilyPond. Especially for
> newbies.
Yes, well, maybe once Plex86 can run Windows there won't be any need for
them anymore. ;-) In the meantime, however, those of us who are stuck
developing on Windows boxes really appreciate the effort that goes into
making those Win32 binaries!
> We can distribute the collection of scripts in a setup.zip and maybe
> also have an upgrade.zip? The toplevel entry into the install.sh
> could be a batch file that states something like: ``install cygwin or be
> on your own. See readme.text''
That would be fine. Those who want to strike out on their own/have a
compact install would have at least a little bit of guidance as to what to
do and why. They just might be able to contribute something useful to the
project as well. ;-)
-- Shamus
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