On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 1:19 PM Jonas Hahnfeld via LilyPond user discussion < lilypond-user@gnu.org> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, dem 09.02.2022 um 21:35 +0100 schrieb David Kastrup: > > Jonas Hahnfeld via LilyPond user discussion <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > > writes: > > > > > Am Mittwoch, dem 09.02.2022 um 09:23 +0100 schrieb Mats Bengtsson: > > > > > > > On the other hand, the previous installers can't be installed without > > > > admin rights either, so the new Zip distribution is at least a step > > > > in the right direction for Win users without admin rights > > > > > > Yes, this is one of the motivations *not* to use an installer. It also > > > makes having multiple versions and removal of old versions no-brainers > > > 🙂 > > > > One of the selling points of Frescobaldi is that it can entertain > > multiple installed versions of LilyPond. > > Yes, if you manage to install them. IIRC the Windows installer proposes > to uninstall previous versions of LilyPond. You can specify a versioned > directory for installation, but that's a manual step that the majority > of users probably won't take. > Hmm. . . I actually hadn't considered that. What I have done is to rename the current <Lilypond> directory to <Lilypond-2.whatever>, then install the new LilyPond version. If I ever have to use the older version, I can simply rename directories and get Frescobaldi to recognize the version I'm switching to. Hope that's understandable! All the best, Ralph -- Ralph Palmer Seattle USA (he, him, his) palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com
