CVSROOT: /cvsroot/lilypond
Module name: installers
Branch:
Changes by: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/07/20 22:06:32
Modified files:
windows : TODO
Log message:
CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/lilypond/installers/windows/TODO.diff?tr1=1.7&tr2=1.8&r1=text&r2=text
Patches:
Index: installers/windows/TODO
diff -u installers/windows/TODO:1.7 installers/windows/TODO:1.8
--- installers/windows/TODO:1.7 Wed Jul 20 21:05:13 2005
+++ installers/windows/TODO Wed Jul 20 22:06:32 2005
@@ -13,22 +13,36 @@
** convert-ly: by default edit in place: -e
* bugs
-** windows 98/me - out of environment space
-This is not a LilyPond problem, it is bug in Windows. There is no
-easy automatic workaround, it needs user intervention, so it seems.
+** use find_editor function to select (find out if unicode lilypad crashes.)
-95, 98:
-Edit the Windows config.sys file and reboot
- SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 /U:250 /P
+** lilypond-windows / lilypond-console
+The -mwindows switch leads to broken behaviour on dos-based windows
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q230205/
+ 1. system () commands must not be longer than 127 bytes (too short
+ for the gs command,
+ 2. environment variables set with putenv () (or setenv from guile)
+ do not appear in subsequent system () calls.
+
+There are two ways to work around this. The easiest is to ship two
+lilypond executables, one linked with -mwindows, and one without.
+
+On dos-based windows, we'd only use the lilypond-console.exe. This
+solution introduces the flashing dos-box again, but at least it should
+work. To get useful error output in FOO.log when running from the
+gui, we'll also need to introduce a -dgui switch.
+
+If we want to avoid the two executables and the flashing dos box, we
+could maybe work around problems 1. and 2. above
+
+ a. produce a gs.bat file (also flashes dos box) again, that sets
+ GS_LIB and GS_FONTPATH
+ b. use the absolute file name of gs.bat (PATH is not set)
+ c. work around the command line and environment restrictions for gs
+ (for a. we need environment space, we also need a > 127 chars command)
+ (set cmd "command.com /E:4096 /U:250 \"(effective-prefix)/gs.bat\""
+ and hope that works.
-FIXME: does not work in Windows ME.
-
-** lilypad-ascii: supply lilypad and lilypad-ascii, use find_editor
- function to select (find out if unicode lilypad crashes.)
-
** Chinese/asian font issue
* usability
@@ -81,4 +95,20 @@
** Ghostscript: fix cross compilation, factor out windows targets from
windows makefiles (msvc/watcom configuration, dll build and windows
support code are one big mess), submit patch.
+
+* Done
+** windows 98/me - out of environment space: do not use BAT files
+
+This is not a LilyPond problem, it is bug in Windows. There is no
+easy automatic workaround, it needs user intervention, so it seems.
+
+95, 98:
+Edit the Windows config.sys file and reboot
+ SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 /U:250 /P
+
+ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q230205/
+
+FIXME: does not work in Windows ME.
+
+** lilypad-ascii: supply lilypad and lilypad-ascii
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