What I was told is that there are some features on the back-end of the program that turns the Lilypond scores into manipulatable scores for the company that doesn't play well with some of the newer updates to Lilypond. So I can have more than one Lilypond program downloaded, my computer won't care?
On Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 6:50 PM David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Kira Garvie <kgar...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi all, > > I saw this referenced in the Frescobaldi manual, but is it possible to > have > > multiple versions of Lilypond installed on my computer at once? Many of > you > > know I have to use version 2.16.2 for my work (don't ask me why, I > honestly > > don't know), > > That's more than 8 years old. Does _anybody_ actually know? > > > but I would like to use a more recent version for some other engraving > > jobs. And can I use an older version of Frescobaldi with a newer > > version of Lilypond? Thank you! Best, Kira > > As far as I understand, Frescobaldi supported using multiple versions of > LilyPond for a long time now. Of course, an older version of > Frescobaldi will not know about newer syntax features (like pitchless > music for percussion entry and a number of other things). > > -- > David Kastrup >
